{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-236d-15","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 236D-15","heading":"Administration by department; action for collection of tax; appeal.","body":"The department may collect the taxes provided for in this chapter, including applicable interest and penalties, and shall represent this State in all matters pertaining to this chapter, either before courts or in any other manner. The department, through the attorney general, may institute proceedings for the collection of the taxes and any interest and penalties on the taxes.\n\nThe circuit court for any county which has assumed lawful jurisdiction over the property of the decedent for general probate or administration purposes under the laws of Hawaii shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions in relation to the estate tax arising under this chapter. If no probate or administration proceedings have been taken out in any court of this State, the circuit court for the county in which the decedent was a resident, if the decedent was a domiciliary, or, if the decedent was a nondomiciliary, any court which has sufficient jurisdiction over the property of the decedent, the transfer of which is taxable, to issue probate or administration proceedings thereon, had the same been justified by the legal status of the property or had the same been applied for, shall have jurisdiction. Any such court first acquiring jurisdiction shall retain the same to the exclusion of every other. The tax appeal court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions in relation to the generation-skipping transfer tax arising under this chapter.\n\nAny person aggrieved by any assessment of the tax imposed by this chapter may appeal from the assessment to a court of competent jurisdiction within the time set forth in section 235-114. The distribution of taxes paid pending the appeal shall be as provided in chapter 232.","path":["HI Code","Division 1","Title 14","Chapter 236D"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0236D/HRS_0236D-0015.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"fa8752fb0fa6c51b7ab16f30fb53d41f07afa2bbeb2c74e95460f1d82722390c","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-236d-13","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-236d-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}