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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 661-2 (2026)

  Judgment against claimant when

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     §661-2  Judgment against claimant when.  Upon the trial of any cause in which any counterclaim or other demand is set up on the part of the State against any person making claim against the State, the court shall, without the intervention of a jury, hear and determine the claim or demand both for and against the State and claimant; and if upon the whole case it finds that the claimant is indebted to the State, it shall render judgment to that effect. [L 1894-5, c 26, §2; RL 1925, §2670; am L 1929, c 213, §2; RL 1935, §4421; RL 1945, §10476; RL 1955, §245-2; HRS §661-2; am L 1972, c 164, §1(b)]

 

Cross References

 

  Costs, bond, when State a party, see §607-24.

  Money paid under protest, suit to recover, see §40-35.

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2000–2007 · leading case: United States Ex Rel. Lockyer v. Hawaii Pac. Health, 490 F. Supp. 2d 1062 (D. Haw. 2007).
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United States Ex Rel. Lockyer v. Hawaii Pac. Health, 490 F. Supp. 2d 1062 (D. Haw. 2007). · cites it 2× “and Haw.Rev.Stat. § 661-2. Count II: Common law claim for retaliation in violation of a State of Hawaii public policy to prohibit the submission of false or fraudulent claims for payment to government assistance programs.”
Pahk v. Hawaii, 109 F. Supp. 2d 1262 (D. Haw. 2000). · cites it 2× “Although the State of Hawaii consents to being sued in tort actions in Haw.Rev.Stat. §§ 661-2 and 3, that consent applies only to cases brought in the state courts of Hawaii, not to cases brought in federal courts.”
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