PART I.Ā DEPARTMENT, GENERALLY

 

Ā§28-1Ā  Appears for State.Ā  The attorneygeneral shall appear for the State personally or by deputy, in all the courtsof record, in all cases criminal or civil in which the State may be a party, orbe interested, and may in like manner appear in the district courts in suchcases. [L 1866, p 16; RL 1925, Ā§1486; RL 1935, Ā§500; RL 1945, Ā§1501; RL 1955,Ā§30-1; HRS Ā§28-1; am L 1969, c 175, Ā§13; am L 1989, c 230, Ā§1]

 

Cross References

 

Ā  District courts as courts of record, see Ā§604-17.

Ā  Functions generally, see Ā§26-7.

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

Ā  Authority to bring action against public officers, in thepublic interest.Ā  Att. Gen. Op. 68‑26.

 

Case Notes

 

Ā  Office of attorney general first constituted in 1846, historyof the office under the Kingdom.Ā  6 H. 718, 728 (single justice); 8 H. 572.Ā Performance of functions by another temporarily.Ā  Early cases:Ā  See 8 H. 521,compare 3 H. 669, 5 H. 59.

Ā  Accountability for acts:Ā  6 H. 718 (will not be held incontempt for refusing to prosecute, decision of single justice); 12 H. 124,128-30; 26 H. 570 (liability to disbarment or suspension of government attorneyfor misconduct in administration of office); 21 H. 539, 549 (liability todamages); 23 H. 362 (liability to damages).

Ā  Criminal cases, prosecution by county prosecuting officersunder authority of attorney general.Ā  16 H. 769, 779‑80; 19 H. 162; 26 H.570.

Ā  Charitable trusts, functions in connection with.Ā  33 H. 647;36 H. 250; 36 H. 334; 37 H. 111, 116.

Ā  Scope of functions as parens patriae of charitable trusts.Ā 54 H. 299, 507 P.2d 724.

Ā  Section is irrelevant and attorney general is withoutstanding as party to rate proceeding before PUC.Ā  54 H. 663, 513 P.2d 1376.

Ā  Attorney general may represent a state employee in a civil actionwhile prosecuting the same employee in a criminal matter.Ā  71 H. 598, 801 P.2d548.

Ā  Cited:Ā  18 H. 76.