PART I. 
DEPARTMENT, GENERALLY



 



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



 



Cross References



 



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



  Functions generally, see §26-7.



 



Attorney General Opinions



 



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



 



Case Notes



 



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



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



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



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



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



  Section is irrelevant and attorney general is without
standing as party to rate proceeding before PUC.  54 H. 663, 513 P.2d 1376.



  Attorney general may represent a state employee in a civil action
while prosecuting the same employee in a criminal matter.  71 H. 598, 801 P.2d
548.



  Cited:  18 H. 76.