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HRS §804-2

What happens to unclaimed bail money

If you put up bail or bond money in a court case and the case ends, you have two years to claim it. If you don't, the law treats the money as abandoned, and it goes to the state under the abandoned property rules.

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The statute, as written — Unclaimed bail money

All money deposited by way of bail or bond, in any proceeding before any court, that has not been declared forfeited, and not claimed within two years after the final disposition of the cause of action in which the money was deposited, shall be presumed abandoned under chapter 523A.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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