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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 651-15

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • police officer: means the director of law enforcement or the director's duly authorized representative, any chief of police or subordinate police officer, or an independent civil process server on the list maintained by the department of law enforcement pursuant to section 353C-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 651-1
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

The police officer shall make out a full inventory of the property attached and return the same with the writ of attachment. The police officer shall return the writ with the summons if issued at the same time; otherwise, within such time after its receipt as is allowed for a return of summons, with certificate of the police officer’s proceedings endorsed thereon or attached thereto.