2022 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 38. Procedural and Supplementary Provisions
804. Bail; Bond to Keep the Peace
804-7 Release after bail.
§804-7 Release after bail. The judiciary, in consultation with the department of public safety and the department of the attorney general, shall establish and administer a statewide program that permits the posting of monetary bail seven-days-a-week for defendants who remain in the custody of the director of public safety. This program shall be made available to any defendant for whom a monetary amount of bail has been set by the police, other law enforcement agency, or the court. The judiciary may contract with a single vendor to administer the program. The vendor may charge users of the program a service fee. Upon posting of bail, the defendant shall be released from custody forthwith. [PC 1869, c 50, §4; RL 1925, §3982; RL 1935, §5436; RL 1945, §10737; RL 1955, §256-7; HRS §709-7; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 2019, c 179, §18]
