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Hawaii state district court

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Hawaii's state district courts sit below the circuit courts in the state's judicial system and hear civil cases up to $25,000, with exclusive jurisdiction under $10,000, along with small claims capped at $3,500 through the court's Small Claims Division, whose decisions are final and cannot be appealed. They have exclusive jurisdiction over traffic infractions and most landlord-tenant disputes, including eviction cases regardless of the amount claimed, and they handle misdemeanors punishable by no more than a year's imprisonment or a fine, county ordinance violations, and petitions for restraining orders or harassment injunctions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Jurisdiction Scope (category)
State / Provincial 1
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1. Hawaii state district court (Wikipedia)
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The Hawaii state district courts are a level of state courts in Hawaii.
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