Rule 3.1. CIVIL INFORMATION SHEET; ADDITIONAL CLAIMS; AND TRANSFERS FROM DISTRICT COURT.

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Hawaii Rules of Court › Hawai‘i Rules of Civil Procedure › Haw. R. Civ. P. 3.1

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(a) Civil information sheet. Any initial civil complaint filed pursuant to Rule 3 of the Hawaiʻi Rules of Civil Procedure shall be accompanied by a civil information sheet that substantially complies with Form 2-A of the Appendix of Forms and shall be completed in full. The civil information sheet shall be filed upon the filing of the complaint.

(b) Additional claims information sheet. Any affirmative pleading filed after the initial complaint is filed shall be accompanied by an additional claims information sheet that substantially complies with Form 2-B of the Appendix of Forms and shall be completed in full. The additional claims information sheet shall be filed upon the filing of any affirmative pleading.

(c) Cases transferred from district court.

A civil information sheet shall be submitted for a civil case transferred from the district court to the circuit court. Within 7 days after filing of the notice of docketing, the plaintiff shall file the civil information sheet.

(Added August 26, 2011, effective January 1, 2012; further amended October 31, 2019, effective nunc pro tunc October 28, 2019.)

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