Posted at 3:11 p.m., Friday, October 14, 2005
Traffic courts to close for a week
Advertiser staff reports
Traffic courts on all islands will be closed for public business from Oct. 27 through Nov. 4, as the Hawai`i State Judiciary transitions to a new computer system that will streamline operations and give the public greater online access to non-confidential case information.Persons who need to do business with the traffic courts are urged to do so prior to Oct. 27, because during the closures:
— No driver's license or vehicle registration clearances will be issued.
— No in-person or online traffic payments will be accepted.
— Although mailed-in payments will be accepted, they will not be processed until the new computer system is operating (no penalties will be assessed if payments are postmarked by the due date).
— Although traffic abstracts will be available for purchase at traffic counters, they will only show violations up to Oct. 28.
All traffic arraignments, traffic trials and DUI trials have been rescheduled, except for persons held in custody. Individuals who had traffic hearings scheduled during this period have been notified of their new court dates. Traffic trials and DUI trials will resume Nov. 4. Traffic arraignments will resume Nov. 7.
