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HRS §673-10

Time limits for filing native Hawaiian claims

This section sets deadlines for filing lawsuits under this chapter. You must start your case within two years of when the claim begins. The deadline can be paused if you file an administrative claim first, and it stays paused until 90 days after that decision. Claims that start after July 1, 1995, have the same two-year limit.

The statute, as written — Limitation on actions; native Hawaiians

Every claim arising under this chapter shall forever be barred unless the action is commenced within two years after the cause of action first accrues; provided that this statute of limitations shall be tolled until July 1, 1990; provided that the filing of the claim in an administrative proceeding pursuant to this chapter shall toll any applicable statute of limitations, and any such statute of limitations shall remain tolled until ninety days after the date the decision is rendered in the administrative proceeding; provided further that any cause of action that first accrues after July 1, 1995 shall forever be barred unless the action is commenced within two years after the cause of action first accrues.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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