Four years; causes arising in foreign jurisdiction, etc.

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HI Code › Division 4 › Title 36 › Chapter 657 › Section 657-6

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Subject to section 657-9, actions for the recovery of any debt founded upon any contract, obligation, or liability, where the cause of action has arisen in any foreign jurisdiction including actions on judgments or decrees rendered in any court not a court of record in any foreign jurisdiction but not such as are brought upon the judgment or decree of a court of record, shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued, and not after.

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Four years; causes arising in foreign jurisdiction, etc. · Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-6 | Frix