CHAPTER 28

ATTORNEY GENERAL

 

        Part I.  Department, Generally

Section

     28-1 Appears for State

     28-2 Prosecutes offenders, enforces bonds

   28-2.5 Investigations

     28-3 Gives opinions

     28-4 Advises public officers

     28-5 Aids poor

   28-5.1 Repealed

   28-5.2 Protection of charitable assets; attorney general's

          authority

     28-6 No fee; not to act as attorney

     28-7 Accounts

   28-7.5 Administrative services manager; appointment and

          duties

     28-8 First deputy attorney general; other deputies

   28-8.3 Employment of attorneys

   28-8.5 Special assistant to the attorney general;

          appointment and duties; secretary

     28-9 Additional deputies for acquisition of rights-of-way

    28-10 Prohibition on private practice of law by the

          attorney general, first deputy, and other deputies

  28-10.5 Criminal and juvenile justice resource coordination;

          administrator and staff

  28-10.6 Crime research, prevention, and education;

          administrator and staff

  28-10.7 Repealed

  28-10.8 Rules

    28-11 Investigators; appointment and powers

  28-11.5 Repealed

    28-12 Seal of department

    28-13 Antitrust trust fund

    28-14 Repealed

    28-15 Tobacco enforcement special fund

    28-16 Litigation deposits trust account

    28-17 Criminal history record checks

 

        Part II.  Sheriff--Repealed

    28-21 to 28 Repealed

 

        Part III.  Civil Identification--Repealed

    28-31 to 49 Repealed

 

        Part IV.  Crime Statistics--Repealed

    28-51 to 56 Repealed

 

        Part V.  Organized Crime Unit

    28-71 Organized crime unit

 

        Part VI.  Medicaid Fraud Unit

    28-91 Medicaid fraud unit

  28-91.5 Medicaid investigations recovery fund;

          established

    28-94 Dependent elder abuse; suits by the State; civil

          penalties

 

        Part VII.  Witness Security

   28-101 Witness security and protection

   28-111 Victim-witness assistance program

 

        Part VIII.  Missing Child Center-Hawaii

   28-121 Missing child center-Hawaii; programs

   28-122 to 124 Repealed

 

        Part IX.  Drug Nuisance Abatement Unit

   28-131 Drug nuisance abatement unit

 

        Part X.  Surveillance Review Unit

   28-141 Surveillance review unit

 

        Part XI.  Law Enforcement Officer Independent Review

                  Board--Repealed

   28-151 to 153 Repealed

 

        Part XII.  Electronic Smoking Device Retailer

                   Registration Unit--Repealed

   28-161 to 168 Repealed

 

        Part XIII.  Human Trafficking Prevention Program

   28-181 Definitions

   28-182 Human trafficking prevention program

 

Note

 

  Criminal justice data sharing working group; annual updates and final report to 2026 legislature (ceases to exist on July 1, 2029).  L 2023, c 157, §2.

  Task force to recommend amendments to the Hawaii Revised Statutes to update existing parentage laws; reports to 2024-2025 legislature (dissolved on December 31, 2025).  L 2023, c 156, §1.

 

Cross References

 

  Forensic identification, see chapter 844D.