§658B-4 Determining the money of the claim. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the proper money of the claim is, as in each case may be appropriate, the money:
(1) Regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing; or
(2) Used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or
(3) In which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by a party.
(b) The money in which the parties have contracted that a payment be made is the proper money of the claim for that payment. [L 1990, c 50, pt of §1]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 36. Civil Remedies and Defenses and Special Proceedings
658B. Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act
658B-3 Variation by agreement.
658B-4 Determining the money of the claim.
658B-5 Determining the amount of the money of certain contract claims.
658B-6 Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.
658B-7 Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment.
658B-8 Conversions of foreign money in a distribution proceeding.
658B-9 Prejudgment and judgment interest.
658B-10 Enforcement of foreign judgments.
658B-12 Effect of currency revalorizations.