HRS §490:3-601

Discharge and effect of discharge

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This section says when a person's duty to pay a negotiable instrument ends. It can end by rules in this article or by an agreement that would cancel a simple debt. But that ending does not work against a later innocent buyer who did not know about it.

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The statute, as written — Discharge and effect of discharge

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is discharged as stated in this article or by an act or agreement with the party which would discharge an obligation to pay money under a simple contract. (b) Discharge of the obligation of a party is not effective against a person acquiring rights of a holder in due course of the instrument without notice of the discharge.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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