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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 338-8 (2026)

  Compulsory registration of deaths and fetal deaths

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     §338-8  Compulsory registration of deaths and fetal deaths.  A certificate of every death or fetal death shall be filed with the department of health in Honolulu or with the local agent of the department of health in the district in which the death or fetal death occurred or a dead body was found within three days after the death or fetal death occurred or the dead body was found.  In every instance, a certificate shall be filed prior to interment or other disposition of the body. [L 1949, c 327, §12; am L 1951, c 92, §2; RL 1955, §57-11; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §338-8; am L 1981, c 113, §2]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1957–2009 · leading case: In re the Adoption Doe, 42 Haw. 250 (Haw. 1957).
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In re the Adoption Doe, 42 Haw. 250 (Haw. 1957). “1955, § 338-8) There is nothing in the record that indicates that the child was prejudiced by the absence of a guardian ad litem.”
Ritchie v. Wahiawa Gen. Hosp., 597 F. Supp. 2d 1100 (D. Haw. 2009). · cites it 4× “While the record contains evidence that Defendant did not forward the required information for a death certificate within three days as mandated by HRS § 338-8 15 and their own polices, 16 see Pis.”
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