# Hawaii — State public works payment and performance bond thresholds (Little Miller Acts)

For Hawaii, payment bond threshold is All public construction projects which exceed $25,000; bond amount is a bond equal to 100 percent of the contract price of construction; claim deadline is shall be brought within one year after the last labor was performed or material supplied for the work provided in the contract; preliminary notice required is Written notice shall be served by registered or certified mail to contractor and surety within 90 days from the date on which the person did or performed the last labor or furnished or supplied the last of the material for which claim is made; statutory citation is Hawaii Revised Statutes, Division 1, Title 9, Chapter 103D, §324, verified against its source on 2026-08-17.

- **State:** Hawaii _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Payment bond threshold:** All public construction projects which exceed $25,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Bond amount:** a bond equal to 100 percent of the contract price of construction _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Claim deadline:** shall be brought within one year after the last labor was performed or material supplied for the work provided in the contract _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Preliminary notice required:** Written notice shall be served by registered or certified mail to contractor and surety within 90 days from the date on which the person did or performed the last labor or furnished or supplied the last of the material for which claim is made _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Hawaii Revised Statutes, Division 1, Title 9, Chapter 103D, §324 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> HAWAII Types of Projects: All public construction projects which exceed $25,000, require a bond equal to 100 percent of the contract price of construction. §103D-324 Labor and Material Covered: All labor and materials furnished to the contractor and used in the prosecution of the work provided for in such contract. §103D-324 Notice Required: Written notice shall be served by registered or certified mail to contractor and surety within 90 days from the date on which the person did or performed the last labor or furnished or supplied the last of the material for which claim is made, stating with substantial accuracy the amount claimed and the name of the party to whom the material was furnished or supplied or for whom the labor was done or performed. The notice shall be served to the contractor and surety at any place they maintain an office or conduct their business or in any manner authorized by law to serve summons. §103D-324 Time for Suit: Every suit instituted on a payment bond shall be brought within one year after the last labor was performed or material supplied for the work provided in the contract. §103D-324 Penalty for Failure to Take Bond: No special statutory provision. Statutory Citation: Hawaii Revised Statutes, Division 1, Title 9, Chapter 103D, §324.

## Source

- https://fullertonlaw.com/50-state-summary-payment-bond-law

Last verified: 2026-08-17. Review by: 2027-08-17.
Part of [State public works payment and performance bond thresholds (Little Miller Acts)](https://referencesource.org/state-public-works-bond-thresholds/).