§658B-6 Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim. (a) A claimant may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign money is not asserted, the claimant makes a claim for a judgment in United States dollars.
(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that the claim is, in whole or in part, for a different money than that asserted by the claimant.
(c) Any party may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.
(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law. [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.