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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 483-3 (2026)

  Crediting of payments made to obligee

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     §483-3  Crediting of payments made to obligee.  The amount or value of any consideration received by the obligee from one or more of several obligors, or from one or more of joint, or of joint and several obligors, in whole or in partial satisfaction of their obligations, shall be credited to the extent of the amount received on the obligations of all co-obligors to whom the obligor or obligors giving the consideration did not stand in the relation of a surety. [L 1941, c 60, §3; RL 1945, §8743; RL 1955, §192-3; HRS §483-3]

 

Case Notes

 

  Under this section, when an obligee has received full satisfaction of a debt from a co-obligor, all other co-obligors are discharged, even if the obligee did not intend to release the other co-obligors.  89 H. 461 (App.), 974 P.2d 1051.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Converse v. James, 974 P.2d 1051 (Haw. App. 1999).
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Converse v. James, 974 P.2d 1051 (Haw. App. 1999). · cites it 10× “Therefore, according to Reed, HRS § 483-3 released Reed from liability under the AOS as well.”
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