HRS §673-3
Must try agency help before going to court
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Before you can sue in circuit court under this chapter, you must first use all available administrative remedies and give at least 60 days written notice that you will sue if the problem is not fixed. State agencies must make rules for how to use these remedies.
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The statute, as written — Exhaustion of administrative remedies
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.
Before an action may be filed in circuit court under this chapter, the party filing suit shall have exhausted all administrative remedies available, and shall have given not less than sixty days written notice prior to filing of the suit that unless appropriate remedial action is taken suit shall be filed. All executive branch departments shall adopt in accordance with chapter 91, such rules as may be necessary to specify the procedures for exhausting any remedies available.
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