Haw. Rev. Stat. § 641-31

Current through Chapter 253 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 641-31 - Bonds, costs, failure to file or pay, defects

Failure of an appellant to file a bond or to pay costs, or informality or insufficiency of a bond or payment of costs, does not affect the validity of the appeal, but is ground only for such remedies as are specified by the rules of court or, when no remedy is specified, for such action as the court having jurisdiction deems appropriate, which may include dismissal of the appeal.

HRS § 641-31

L 1895, c 25, §2; am L 1905, c 14, §1; RL 1925, §2538; RL 1935, §3506; RL 1945, §9508; am L Sp 1949, c 41, §1; RL 1955, § 208-8; HRS § 641-43; am L 1972, c 89, pt of §5; ren HRS § 641-31

General Note

References to rules and other statutes; case notes; See appended chapter note, pt. I A7c, I D7.

Bond on motion for new trial, see HRCP rule 62.

The effectiveness of a notice of appeal is not conditioned upon payment of costs. 57 Haw. 168,552 P.2d 355.