HRS §501-216
State not responsible for trustee or mortgage losses
The State won't pay you if a registered owner who is a trustee breaks their trust duties or improperly uses a mortgage's power of sale. If you sue the State on a contract claim, you can only recover up to the property's fair market value at the time of your loss.
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The statute, as written — State, not liable when
The State shall not be liable to pay for any loss, damage, or deprivation occasioned by a breach of trust, whether expressed, implied, or constructive, by any registered owner who is a trustee, or by the improper exercise of any power of sale in a mortgage. Nor shall any plaintiff prosecuting a contract claim under this chapter recover as compensation more than the fair market value of the real estate at the time when the plaintiff suffered the loss, damage, or deprivation thereof.
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