COURT-ISSUED DOCUMENTS

7.1. Orders, Decrees, and Judgments; Other Court-Issued Documents. All orders, decrees, judgments, and other court-issued documents shall be electronically filed in accordance with internal court procedures. Orders, decrees, judgments, and other court-issued documents that require the signature of the clerk of the court may be electronically signed by the clerk of the court in accordance with these Rules. (Amended May 17, 2016, effective July 1, 2016.) 7.2. Docket or Text-Only Orders. An order, but not a final judgment or decree, may be issued by the court as a text-only entry on the docket, without an attached document. Such entry shall include the judge’s electronic signature ( e.g. , /s/ Joan Justice, Judge). The judge’s electronic signature is valid for all purposes under any of the Hawai‘i Rules of Court and official and binding on the parties. 7.3. Notice of Entry of Orders, Decrees, and Judgments. The clerk’s certificate of conventional service, or the issuance of a JEFS Notice of Electronic Filing of an order, decree, or judgment, constitutes the clerk’s notice of entry of the order, decree, or judgment. 7.4. Summons . The clerk may sign, affix the court’s seal, and issue a summons electronically, but a summons may not be served electronically.