Actions for the recovery of compensation for damage or injury to persons or property shall be instituted within two years after the cause of action accrued, and not after, except as provided in section 657-13.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-7
Damage to persons or property
Applied in 53 court decisions — leading case Bkb v. Maui Police Department (2002)
Most recently applied in Courtney Bird v. State of Hawaii (August 2019)
L 1907, c 113, §1; am L 1913, c 19, §1; RL 1925, §2645; RL 1935, §3916; RL 1945, §10427; RL 1955, §241-7; am L 1957, c 138, §1; HRS §657-7; am L 1972, c 105, §1(e)
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