HRS §560:3-109
Deadlines for Lawsuits After Someone Dies
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If someone dies with a lawsuit they could have filed, the usual time limit is paused for at least four months after death. If the original deadline would have passed within those four months, the new deadline is four months after death, unless something legally pauses it.
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The statute, as written — Statutes of limitation on decedent's cause of action
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.
No statute of limitation running on a cause of action belonging to a decedent which had not been barred as of the date of the decedent's death, shall apply to bar a cause of action surviving the decedent's death sooner than four months after death. A cause of action which, but for this section, would have been barred less than four months after death, is barred after four months unless tolled.
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