HRS §657-32
How to count the 20-year time limit
This section explains how to count the 20-year deadline when someone's right to sue or claim property came from an earlier person, like a family member or previous owner. The clock starts when that earlier person first got the right, not when the current person got it.
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The statute, as written — How computed
If the right first accrued to any ancestor or predecessor of the person bringing the action or making the entry, or to any persons from, by, or under whom the person bringing the action or making the entry claims, the twenty years shall be computed from the time when the right first accrued to the ancestor, predecessor, or other persons.
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