HRS §634-30
How to Sue or Be Sued as a Group
When two or more people act together under a common name, they can sue or be sued using that name. Legal papers can be given to an officer, trustee, or agent of the group, or to a member if no officer is found. A judgment against the group affects the group's shared property, but not any individual's personal property unless that person was personally served or the law says otherwise.
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The statute, as written — Organizations and associations, service of process on; judgment
When two or more persons associate and act, whether for profit or not, under a common name, including associating and acting as a labor organization or employer organization, whether the common name comprises the names of the persons or not, they may sue in or be sued by the common name, and the process shall be served on any officer, trustee, or agent of the association if an officer, trustee, or agent can be found, or if no officer, trustee, or agent can be found as shown by the return of the serving officer, then upon any one or more members of the association, or as otherwise provided by rule of court. Any such service constitutes service upon the association. The judgment in those cases shall accrue to the joint or common benefit of and bind the joint or common property of the association, the same as though all members had been named as parties to the action. No judgment shall be enforceable against any person or the person's individual assets unless the: (1) Person has been joined and served as an individual party to the action; or (2) Judgment is so enforceable pursuant to section 634-3 or any other law. [L Sp 1949, c 4, §1; RL 1955, §230-39; HRS §634-66; am L 1972, c 89, §2A(j); ren HRS §634-30; am L 2016, c 55, §27]
Sections this one refers to
§634-3 Suing a business by its firm name
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