Personal injury · Hawaii
For Personal injury · Hawaii, limitation period is two years; when the clock starts is after the cause of action accrued; section is 657-7; how the statute describes it is Actions for the recovery of compensation for damage or injury to persons or property, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Personal injury our reading
- State
- Hawaii verified
- Limitation period
- two years verified
- How the statute describes it
- Actions for the recovery of compensation for damage or injury to persons or property verified
- When the clock starts
- after the cause of action accrued verified
- Section
- 657-7 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
§657-7 Damage to persons or property. 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.
— capitol.hawaii.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- capitol.hawaii.govhttps://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0657/HRS_0657-0007.htm