Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 286-55 (2026)

Certificates lost or mutilated

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§286-55 Certificates lost or mutilated. If any certificate of registration or certificate of ownership is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible, the person to whom the same has been issued shall immediately make application for and may obtain a duplicate thereof upon furnishing satisfactory information to the director of finance and upon payment of a fee, which fee shall be established by the county's legislative body.

When a certificate of ownership is lost, damaged, mutilated or stolen, the director of finance shall provide to a qualified applicant an application form for a duplicate certificate of ownership. The names and addresses of the transferor and transferee shall be written in the application form and the same, together with the last issued certificate of registration, the fee for the duplicate certificate of ownership, plus the transfer fee, shall be filed with the director of finance. [L 1929, c 197, §11; RL 1935, §2674; RL 1945, §7345; am L 1955, c 162, §1; RL 1955, §160-13; HRS §286-55; am L 1970, c 73, §1(d); am L 1981, c 44, §3]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1976–1984 · leading case: St. Germain v. Bank of Hawaii, 413 F. Supp. 587 (D. Haw. 1976).

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St. Germain v. Bank of Hawaii, 413 F. Supp. 587 (D. Haw. 1976). “§ 286-55. This court takes judicial notice of the fact that the motor vehicle transfer fee, supra, includes the issuance of a new certificate of ownership and certificate of registration to the transferee complying with the statute.”

In re Preferred Motor Cars, Ltd., 36 B.R. 52 (Bankr. D. Haw. 1984). “§ 286-55, a duplicate Certificate of Ownership or Certificate of Registration may be applied for and obtained only upon the certification under oath by an applicant that the original certificate was lost, damaged, mutilated or stolen.”

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