All actions for libel or slander shall be commenced within two years after the cause of action accrued, and not after.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-4
Two years; libel and slander
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Owens v. Okure (1989)
Most recently applied in Owens v. Okure (January 1989)
CC 1859, §1037; am imp L 1907, c 113, §1; am L 1913, c 19, §1; RL 1925, §2642; RL 1935, §3913; RL 1945, §10424; RL 1955, §241-4; am L 1965, c 139, §2; HRS §657-4
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