HRS §658A-9
How to start an arbitration case
To start arbitration, you must tell the other side in writing, using the method you agreed on, or by certified mail or personal delivery. Your notice must say what the dispute is about and what you want. If you show up to the hearing without objecting, you give up the right to complain about the notice.
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The statute, as written — Initiation of arbitration
(a) A person initiates an arbitration proceeding by giving notice in a record to the other parties to the agreement to arbitrate in the agreed manner between the parties or, in the absence of agreement, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and obtained, or by service as authorized for the commencement of a civil action. The notice shall describe the nature of the controversy and the remedy sought. (b) Unless a person objects for lack or insufficiency of notice under section 658A-15(c) before the beginning of the arbitration hearing, by appearing at the hearing the person waives any objection to lack of or insufficiency of notice.
Sections this one refers to
§658A-15 How an arbitrator runs the arbitration process
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