Chapter 605 — Chapter 605

§605-1 Attorneys, qualifications. (a) The supreme court may examine, admit, and reinstate as practitioners in the courts of the State, such persons as it may find qualified for that purpose, who have taken the prescribed oath of office. The supreme court shall have the sole power…

§605-11 REPEALED. L 1989, c 140, §3.

§605-12 REPEALED. L 1972, c 184, §1(j).

§605-13 District courts, cases involving military vehicles. Any legal officer of the United States military forces, to the extent that the officer is authorized or required by the officer's respective branch of service, may without license represent military personnel in the dist…

§605-14 Unauthorized practice of law prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation to engage in or attempt to engage in or to offer to engage in the practice of law, or to do or attempt to do or offer to do any act constituting the practice of…

§605-15 [OLD] REPEALED. L 1975, c 45, pt of §2. §605-15 Venue. Actions for violations of section 605-14 shall be brought in the circuit court for the judicial circuit in which the violation is alleged to have been committed. [L 1975, c 45, pt of §2]

§605-15.1 Standing. The attorney general or any bar association in this State may maintain an action for violations of section 605-14. [L 1975, c 45, pt of §2]

§605-15.2 Remedies. Remedies for the violation of section 605-14 shall include injunctive and declaratory relief, and other existing remedies. In addition, the attorney general may maintain a criminal action against any person who violates section 605-14, the penalties for which …

§605-16 Judicial powers not affected. Nothing in sections 605-14 to 605-17 shall diminish, alter, or affect the inherent or statutory power of the supreme court or of any court to institute and hear proceedings against any person for contempt or for violation of rules or orders o…

§605-17 Penalties. Any person violating sections 605-14 to 605-16 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [L 1955, c 150, §2; RL 1955, §217-15; HRS §605-17; am L 1972, c 184, §1(i); am L 1975, c 45, pt of §2; am L 2001, c 47, §2]

§605-2 Attorneys; license required. Except as provided by the rules of court, no person shall be allowed to practice in any court of the State unless that person has been duly licensed so to do by the supreme court; provided that nothing in this chapter shall prevent any person, …

§§605-3 and 605-4 REPEALED. L 1972, c 184, §1(j).

§605-5 License fee. The clerk of the supreme court shall exact from every practitioner, upon the practitioner's receiving a license, an admission fee of $10, for the benefit of the State. [CC 1859, §1073; RL 1925, §2308; RL 1935, §3607; RL 1945, §9705; RL 1955, §217-5; HRS §605-5…

§605-6 Rules. The supreme court may prescribe qualifications for admission to practice and rules for the government of practitioners. [CC 1859, §1072; RL 1925, §2309; RL 1935, §3608; RL 1945, §9706; RL 1955, §217-6; HRS §605-6; am L 1972, c 184, §1(c)]

§605-7 Control of action; power to settle. The practitioners licensed by the supreme court shall have control to judgment and execution, of all suits and defenses confided to them; provided that no practitioner shall have power to compromise, arbitrate, or settle such matters con…

§605-8 Practice in all courts; fees. [(a)] The practitioners shall have the right to practice in all the courts of the State, and to appear therein as attorneys in behalf of persons who may choose to retain them, for the prosecution or defense of actions. [(b)] Attorney's fees or…

§§605-9 and 605-10 REPEALED. L 1972, c 184, §1(j).