§268-13  Claim for damages; filing andcontents; time limitations.  As a condition to a recovery thereon, averified claim against the department of transportation growing out of damages,loss, injuries, or death must first be presented to the department and filedwith its director within thirty days after the time when the claim accrued.  Ifthe claimant shall be incapacitated from verifying and filing the claimant'sclaim within the thirty days, then the claim may be verified and presented onbehalf of the claimant by the claimant's relative, attorney, or agent.  If theclaimant is a minor or incompetent person, the claim may be verified and filedby the claimant's guardian or next friend.  Each claim must accurately locateand describe the event or defect that caused the damage, loss, injury, ordeath, reasonably describe the damage, loss, or injury, and state the time whenthe same occurred, give the claimant's residence for six months last past, andcontain the items of damages claimed.  No action shall be maintained againstthe department upon the claim until the same has been presented to, and filedwith, the department and sixty days have elapsed after the presentation andfiling, nor more than two years after the claim accrued. [L 1963, c 186, §12; Supp,§114-12; HRS §268-13; gen ch 1985]