General Civil Case Cover Sheet - Preparation Worksheet - Hawaii

CIVIL INFORMATION SHEET — PREPARATION COPY

Hawaiʻi Circuit Court Form 2-A

DO NOT FILE THIS MARKDOWN COPY. HRCP Rule 3.1(a) requires an initial civil complaint to be accompanied by a Civil Information Sheet that substantially complies with official Form 2-A and is completed in full. Transfer the reviewed information below to the current official Judiciary form.

Official rule and Form 2-A: https://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/hrcp_ada.htm

1. COURT

STATE OF HAWAIʻI

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE [FIRST / SECOND / THIRD / FIFTH] CIRCUIT

CIVIL INFORMATION SHEET

2. PARTIES

I(A). Plaintiff(s)

[____________________________________________________________]

[____________________________________________________________]

☐ Additional page(s) attached

I(B). Defendant(s)

[____________________________________________________________]

[____________________________________________________________]

☐ Additional page(s) attached

3. ATTORNEYS

II(A). Plaintiff’s Attorney — Name and Number

[____________________________________________________________]

[____________________________________________________________]

☐ Additional page(s) attached

II(B). Defendant’s Attorney — Name and Number

[____________________________________________________________]

[____________________________________________________________]

☐ Additional page(s) attached

4. NATURE OF SUIT

Select the official Form 2-A category that best fits the filing:

☐ Contract

☐ Motor Vehicle Tort

☐ Assault & Battery

☐ Construction Defects

☐ Medical Malpractice

☐ Legal Malpractice

☐ Product Liability

☐ Other Non-Vehicle Tort

☐ Condemnation

☐ Foreclosure

☐ Agreement of Sale Foreclosure

☐ Agency Appeal

☐ Declaratory Judgment

☐ Other Civil Action

☐ Environmental Court

☐ Asbestos

☐ Consumer Debt Collection

☐ Quiet Title

5. ORIGIN

☐ (A) Original Proceeding

☐ (B) Transfer from District Court — Civil No. [________________]

☐ (C) Transfer from Another Circuit — Civil No. [________________]

For a civil case transferred from district court to circuit court, HRCP Rule 3.1(c) requires the plaintiff to file the Civil Information Sheet within seven days after filing of the notice of docketing.

6. DEMAND

[INSERT DEMAND INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE CURRENT OFFICIAL FORM]

[____________________________________________________________]

7. JURY DEMAND

☐ Yes

☐ No

8. CLASS ACTION

☐ Yes

☐ No

9. REQUEST TO EXEMPT FROM ARBITRATION

☐ Yes

☐ No

10. RELATED CASE(S)

11. DATE, NAME, AND SIGNATURE

Date: [__/__/____]

Attorney Name / Party Name: [________________________________]

Signature: _______________________________________________

FINAL CHECK

☐ The information was transferred to the current official Form 2-A.

☐ Every required field on the official form was completed.

☐ Additional party or attorney pages were attached where needed.

☐ The nature-of-suit category matches the current official form.

☐ Origin, demand, jury, class-action, arbitration-exemption, and related-case fields were reviewed for the actual filing.

☐ For an initial complaint, the Civil Information Sheet will be filed with the complaint under HRCP Rule 3.1(a).

☐ For a district-court transfer, the seven-day Rule 3.1(c) deadline was calendared.

☐ Counsel checked current electronic-filing, local, fee, jury-demand, arbitration, and confidentiality requirements separately.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES

• Hawaiʻi Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 3.1 and Appendix Form 2-A

This preparation copy is not the official Judiciary form and is not legal advice.
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