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Laws current as of September 17, 2025

What protections can I get in an injunction against harassment?

An injunction against harassment can prevent the respondent from:

  • assaulting you or causing you physical harm/bodily injury;
  • threatening to cause physical harm, bodily injury, or assault, which you believe is likely to happen; or
  • causing you emotional distress by intentionally doing something to you that alarms or continuously bothers you, without a good reason.1

This could mean that the respondent might be ordered not to do some or all of the following things:

  • contacting or threatening you or anyone living in your home;
  • calling you;
  • entering or visiting your home, including the yard or garage; or
  • entering or visiting your place of employment.2

1 Haw. Rev. Stat. § 604-10.5(f), (g)
2 See, for example, the Order Granting Petition for Injunction Against Harassment, First Circuit Division

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