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HRS §651C-10

Other laws still apply unless this chapter says otherwise

This section says that general legal rules and fairness principles still apply to cases under this chapter, unless this chapter specifically overrides them. It covers things like fraud, mistakes, and agency rules. It does not create new rules itself.

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The statute, as written — Supplement of provisions

Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause, supplement its provisions.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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