HRS §651C-10
Other laws still apply unless this chapter says otherwise
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗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
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.
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.
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