2014 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 34. PLEADINGS AND PROCEDURE
633. Small Claims, District Courts
633-30 Counterclaim; retention of jurisdiction.

HI Rev Stat § 633-30 (2014) What's This?

§633-30 Counterclaim; retention of jurisdiction. When the limit of the district court as provided by section 633-27 is exceeded in a counterclaim but within the jurisdictional limit of the court as provided by section 604-5, the action shall nevertheless remain in the small claims division of the district court and be tried therein in its entirety; provided that the district court having jurisdiction over a civil action involving summary possession shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the small claims division of the district court over any security deposit dispute between landlord and tenant in a residential landlord-tenant relationship. [L 1970, c 182, pt of §1; am L 1971, c 144, §24; am L 2005, c 12, §3]

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