Restraining Orders

Your out-of state protection order does not have to be entered into the state or federal registry in order to be enforced by a Hawaii police officer. Hawaii state law gives full protection to an out-of-state protection order as long as you can show the police officer a copy of the order and the order appears to be authentic, containing the names of both parties and is active.¹ A police officer can also verify the existence of an order through the registry without needing a paper copy.²

If the officer finds that the abuser has violated the out-of-state protection order, s/he can arrest the abuser for violating the order in the same way an abuser would be arrested for violating an order from Hawaii.³

¹ HRS § 586-24(a)
² HRS § 586-24(b)
³ HRS § 586-24(c)