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HRS §482B-7

Time limit for suing over trade secret theft

You have three years from when you find out, or should have found out, that your trade secret was stolen to file a lawsuit. If the theft keeps happening, it counts as one claim, not many.

businesses

The statute, as written — Statute of limitations

An action for misappropriation must be brought within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.