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HRS §658F-9

Deadline for enforcing a foreign judgment

This section sets a time limit for starting a court action to recognize a judgment from another country. You must file within the earlier of the judgment's validity period in that country or 15 years from when it became effective there.

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The statute, as written — Statute of limitations

An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or fifteen years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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