PART III. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS



 



[§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. [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.



 



Case Notes



 



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