HRS §657-9
Time limits from other states can block lawsuits here
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a lawsuit cannot be filed in another state because the time limit there has passed, it also cannot be filed in Hawaii. The only exception is for a Hawaii resident who has owned the claim since it started.
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The statute, as written — Action barred in foreign jurisdiction
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.
When a cause of action has arisen in any foreign jurisdiction, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be maintained against a person, by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against the person in this State, except in favor of a domiciled resident thereof, who has held the cause of action from the time it accrued. [CC 1859, §1167; RL 1925, §2646; RL 1935, §3917; RL 1945, §10428; RL 1955, §241-8; HRS §657-9; gen ch 1985]
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