Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 4. Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 603-36

(1) Actions described in section 603-21.5(a)(2) shall be brought in the circuit where it is alleged the penalty or forfeiture was incurred;

(2) Actions in the nature of ejectment or trespass quare clausum fregit or to quiet title to or partition real property shall be brought in the circuit in which the real property in question is situated; provided that if the real property, partition of which is sought, lies in more than one circuit, the action may be brought in any circuit in which the real property or any part thereof is situated;

(3) Proceedings concerning trusts and the estates of decedents, missing persons, protected persons, minors, and incapacitated persons shall be brought as prescribed by chapter 560;

(4) Applications for writs directed to courts of inferior jurisdiction or for writs of quo warranto shall be made in the circuit in which the alleged occasion for relief by any such writ arises; provided that in case any such writ is necessary in the prosecution or furtherance of any action or proceeding already begun or pending before any circuit court, the court before which the action or proceeding has been begun or is pending may issue the writ even though the alleged occasion for relief arose in another circuit; and

(5) Actions other than those specified in paragraphs (1) to (4) shall be brought in the circuit where the claim for relief arose or where the defendant is domiciled; provided that if there is more than one defendant, then the action shall be brought in the circuit in which the claim for relief arose unless a majority of the defendants are domiciled in another circuit, whereupon the action may be brought in the circuit where the majority of the defendants are domiciled.