HRS §657-31
Time limit for suing to get land back
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law sets a deadline for someone to start a court case to take back land they claim is theirs. The deadline is twenty years from when their right to sue first began. After that time, they cannot start the case or enter the land.
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The statute, as written — Twenty years
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 commence an action to recover possession of any lands, or make any entry thereon, unless within twenty years after the right to bring the action first accrued.
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