§657-9 Action barred in foreign
jurisdiction. When a cause of action has arisen in any foreign
jurisdiction, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be
maintained against a person, by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon
shall not be maintained against the person in this State, except in favor of a
domiciled resident thereof, who has held the cause of action from the time it
accrued. [CC 1859, §1167; RL 1925, §2646; RL 1935, §3917; RL 1945, §10428; RL
1955, §241-8; HRS §657-9; gen ch 1985]
Case Notes
Enforcement of valid and subsisting foreign judgment. 128 F.
Supp. 697 (1955).
Where, pursuant to Philippine case law, relevant Philippine
statutes of limitations were tolled as a matter of law, action was brought in
this State within the time required under the relevant Philippine statutes of
limitations as required by this section. 89 H. 91, 969 P.2d 1209 (1998).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
cases, 1977–2019 · leading case:
Roxas v. Marcos, 969 P.2d 1209 (Haw. 1998).
Roxas v. Marcos, 969 P.2d 1209 (Haw. 1998).
· cites it 4× “HRS § 657-9 (1993) provides that [w]hen a cause of action has arisen in any foreign jurisdiction, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be maintained against a person, by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against the person…”
Small v. Badenhop, 701 P.2d 647 (Haw. 1985).
“ct, obligation, or liability, excepting such as are brought upon the judgment or decree of a court; excepting further that actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability made pursuant to chapter 577A shall be governed by chapter 577A;…”
Ass'n of Apt. Owners of Royal Aloha v. Certified Mgmt., Inc., 378 P.3d 992 (Haw. App. 2016).
“y contract, obligation, or liability, excepting such as are brought upon the judgment or decree of a court; excepting further that actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability made pursuant to chapter 577A shall be governed by 577A;…”
Froelich v. Petrelli, 472 F. Supp. 756 (D. Haw. 1979).
“§ 657-9; Annot., 149 A.L.R. 1224 (1944); 75 A.”
Allstate Ins. v. Wolcott, 847 F. Supp. 787 (D. Haw. 1994).
“ct, obligation, or liability, excepting such as are brought upon the judgment or decree of a court; excepting further that actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability made pursuant to chapter 577A shall be governed by Chapter 577A;…”
Mun Seek Pai v. First Hawaiian Bank, 558 P.2d 479 (Haw. 1977).
“The following actions shall be commenced within six years next after the cause of action accrued, and not after: (1) Actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability, excepting such as are brought upon the judgment or decree of a court;…”
Beecher Ltd. v. Alvarez & Marsal North Am., LLC, 179 P.3d 264 (Haw. App. 2008).
· cites it 7× “Prior to April 24, 1996, a creditor seeking to enforce in Hawai`i courts a judgment rendered by a court of record in any foreign jurisdiction was required to bring a separate action upon that judgment, subject to HRS § 657-9 (1993), [5] "within six years next after the cause of…”
Schnute v. PNC Bank, N.A. (D. Haw. 2019).
“ct, obligation, or liability, excepting such as are brought upon the judgment or decree of a court; excepting further that actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability made pursuant to chapter 577A shall be governed by chapter 577A;…”
Weidenbach v. Koolau Agric. Co., Ltd., 203 P.3d 674 (Haw. App. 2009).
“ct, obligation, or liability, excepting such as are brought upon the judgment or decree of a court; excepting further that actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability made pursuant to chapter 577A shall be governed by chapter 577A;…”
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