Hawaii Revised Statutes
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-6 (2025)
Four years; causes arising in foreign jurisdiction, etc
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§657-6 Four years; causes arising in foreign jurisdiction, etc. Subject to section 657-9, actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability, where the cause of action has arisen in any foreign jurisdiction including actions on judgments or decrees rendered in any court not a court of record in any foreign jurisdiction but not such as are brought upon the judgment or decree of a court of record, shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued, and not after. [L 1892, c 26, §1; RL 1925, §2644; RL 1935, §3915; am L 1943, c 139, §2; RL 1945, §10426; RL 1955, §241-6; HRS §657-6]
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cases, 2008–2009 · leading case: Est. of Roxas v. Marcos, 214 P.3d 598 (Haw. 2009).
Est. of Roxas v. Marcos, 214 P.3d 598 (Haw. 2009). “” See HRS § 657-1(1) (1993) (relating to, among other things, actions to recover debt “founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability”); HRS § 657-4 (1993) (relating to libel or slander); HRS § 657-6 (1993) (relating to causes arising in foreign jurisdictions); HRS § 657-7…”
Beecher Ltd. v. Alvarez & Marsal North Am., LLC, 179 P.3d 264 (Haw. App. 2008). “" HRS § 657-6 (1993). In 1996, the Hawaii Legislature enacted the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (UFMJRA), which was subsequently codified as HRS chapter 658C.”
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