2019 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 36. CIVIL REMEDIES AND DEFENSES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
667. Foreclosures
667-4 Defenses.

Universal Citation: HI Rev Stat § 667-4 (2019)

§667-4 Defenses. The mortgagor, or any subsequent mortgagee, may defend the action for foreclosure, and may show any matter in legal or equitable avoidance of the mortgage. [CC 1859, §1234; RL 1925, §2890; RL 1935, §4723; RL 1945, §12423; RL 1955, §336-4; HRS §667-4; am L 1972, c 90, §9(d)]

Rules of Court

Pleading under the Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure, see HRCP rules 7, 8, 10, 12. Affirmative defenses, see HRCP rule 8(c).

Case Notes

Acceleration provision in mortgage although not in note secured is enforceable by foreclosure. 32 H. 420 (1932).

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