Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-9

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 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.

HRS § 657-9

CC 1859, §1167; RL 1925, §2646; RL 1935, §3917; RL 1945, §10428; RL 1955, § 241-8; HRS § 657-9; gen ch 1985

Enforcement of valid and subsisting foreign judgment. 128 F. Supp. 697. 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 Haw. 91,969 P.2d 1209.