Restraining Orders

To get an injunction against harassment from the district court, you must be a victim of one of the behaviors that qualify as harassment under the law. In Hawai‘i, “harassment” is defined as any of the following things:

1. physical harm, bodily injury, or assault;
2. the threat of physical harm, bodily injury, or assault happening in the near future; or
3. a pattern of behavior that does all of the following things:
   1. seriously and continuously alarms you;
   2. serves no legitimate purpose; and
   3. causes you to reasonably suffer emotional distress.¹

¹ Haw. Rev. Stat. § 604-10.5(a)