HRS §657-13
Extra time to sue for minors, insane people, and prisoners
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you are under 18, insane, or in prison for less than life when your right to sue starts, you can wait until that disability ends to file your lawsuit. You can also sue while the disability is still going on. This does not apply to lawsuits against sheriffs, police chiefs, or other officers.
vulnerable adults
The statute, as written — Infancy, insanity, imprisonment
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.
If any person entitled to bring any action specified in this part (excepting actions against the sheriff, chief of police, or other officers) is, at the time the cause of action accrued, either: (1) Within the age of eighteen years; (2) Insane; or (3) Imprisoned on a criminal charge, or in execution under the sentence of a criminal court for a term less than the person's natural life; such person shall be at liberty to bring such actions within the respective times limited in this part, after the disability is removed or at any time while the disability exists. [CC 1859, §1039; RL 1925, §2648; RL 1935, §3919; RL 1945, §10430; RL 1955, §241-12; am L 1963, c 13, §1 and c 85, §3; HRS §657-13; am L 1972, c 2, §37(1); gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 281, §11]
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