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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 657D-16

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Court: includes any court of competent jurisdiction of the State of Hawaii, whether or not a court of record. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 657D-1
  • Military service: means service on state active duty in any of the state military forces or full time National Guard duty. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 657D-1
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Period of military service: means the period beginning on the date on which the person enters state active duty or full time National Guard duty and ending on the date of the person's release from state active duty or full time National Guard duty or the person's death while on state active duty or full time National Guard duty. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 657D-1
  • Person: when used with reference to the holder of any right alleged to exist against a person in military service or against a person secondarily liable under such right, includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and any other forms of business association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 657D-1
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

The period of military service shall not be included in computing any period for the bringing of any action or proceeding in any court, or before a state or county agency by or against any person in military service or by or against the person’s heirs, personal representatives, administrators, or assigns, whether the cause of action or right or privilege to institute that action or proceeding accrued prior to or during the period of the military person’s service. No part of the period of military service that occurs after July 1, 1994, shall be included in computing any period now or hereafter provided by any law for the redemption of real property sold or forfeited to enforce any obligation, tax, or assessment.