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HRS §501-217

Time limits for contract claims under this chapter

This section sets time limits for suing on a contract for compensation for loss or damage to registered land. You generally have six years from when the claim starts. If you first sue to get the land back, you get one extra year after that case ends. The claim passes to the owner's estate unless it was already barred.

landowners

The statute, as written — Limitation of actions

All actions on contract claims for compensation under this chapter by reason of any loss or damage or deprivation of land, or any estate or interest therein, shall be begun within the period of six years from the time when the cause of action accrued, and not afterwards; provided that the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of the land or estate or interest therein in accordance with section 501-213, may bring the action on the contract claim within one year after the termination of that action. The contract claim herein provided shall survive to the personal representatives of the registered owner, unless barred in the registered owner's lifetime, but the proceeds thereof shall be treated as real estate.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§501-213 Who to Sue for Land Registration Mistakes

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