HRS §657-14
Disability must exist when the right to sue starts
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says a person can only use a disability listed in this part if that disability already existed when the right to sue first came about. It does not create new rules, just limits when a disability can be used.
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The statute, as written — Disability to exist at accrual of action
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.
No person shall avail oneself of any disability enumerated in this part, unless the disability existed at the time the right of action accrued. [CC 1859, §1046; RL 1925, §2649; RL 1935, §3920; RL 1945, §10431; RL 1955, §241-13; HRS §657-14; am L 1972, c 105, §1(g); gen ch 1985]
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