HRS §657-11
Time limit for federal law claims in state court
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a federal law lets you sue for damages or other court-ordered help, and neither that law nor a Hawaii law sets a deadline, you must file your lawsuit in state court within two years of when your claim starts. If you wait longer, your case is barred.
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The statute, as written — Recoveries authorized by federal statute
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.
Whenever any federal statute provides for damages or equitable relief and neither the federal statute nor any specific state statute specifies the period within which suit may be brought, the suit, if brought in a state court, shall be commenced within two years from the date the cause of action arises or be thereafter barred.
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