{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-3-702","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-702","heading":"Priority among different letters.","body":"A person to whom general letters are issued first has exclusive authority under the letters until the person's appointment is terminated or modified. If, through error, general letters are afterwards issued to another, the first appointed representative may recover any property of the estate in the hands of the representative subsequently appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith before notice of the first letters are not void for want of validity of appointment.","path":["Hawaii Code","Division 3","Title 30A","Chapter 560"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0003-0702.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"1b88e61686c68bb6dbc0822b62e8f43f09619fd91d43e1456ce0b3a000906b61","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-3-618","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-560-3-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}