HRS §658B-4
How to decide which currency applies to a claim
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section explains how a court decides which currency to use for a claim. It looks at what the parties usually used, what is common in international trade, or where the loss happened. If the contract says a payment must be in a certain currency, that currency is used.
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The statute, as written — Determining the money of the claim
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.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the proper money of the claim is, as in each case may be appropriate, the money: (1) Regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing; or (2) Used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or (3) In which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by a party. (b) The money in which the parties have contracted that a payment be made is the proper money of the claim for that payment.
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