HRS §657-2
When the clock starts for open account debts
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section sets the start date for the time limit to sue over a mutual, open, and current account. The clock begins on the date of the last item shown in the account. It only applies to lawsuits to recover a balance on such an account.
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The statute, as written — Mutual current account
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.
In all actions in the nature of debt, account, or assumpsit, brought to recover any balance due upon a mutual, open, and current account, the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued from the time of the last item proved in the account. [CC 1859, §1038; RL 1925, §2640; RL 1935, §3911; RL 1945, §10422; RL 1955, §241-2; HRS §657-2; am L 1972, c 105, §1(b)]
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