{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-3-104","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-104","heading":"Claims against decedent; necessity of administration.","body":"No proceeding to enforce a claim against the estate of a decedent or the decedent's successors may be revived or commenced before the appointment of a personal representative. After the appointment and until distribution, all proceedings and actions to enforce a claim against the estate are governed by the procedure prescribed by this article. After distribution, a creditor whose claim has not been barred may recover from the distributees as provided in section 560:3-1004 or from a former personal representative individually liable as provided in section 560:3-1005. This section has no application to a proceeding by a secured creditor of the decedent to enforce the creditor's right to the creditor's security except as to any deficiency judgment which might be sought therein.","path":["Hawaii Code","Division 3","Title 30A","Chapter 560"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0003-0104.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"f0f7df9fa36dc311853d68f4511680ee7894190ff1d79d74db83fc0c7c0314e2","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-3-103","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-3-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}