Hawaii Revised Statutes
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 464-2 (2026)
Licensing of practicing engineers, etc
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§464-2 Licensing of practicing engineers, etc. In order to safeguard life, health, and property, no person except those exempted by sections 464-3 and 464-5 shall practice professional engineering, architecture, land surveying or landscape architecture in the State unless the person is duly licensed under this chapter. [L 1923, c 227, §1; RL 1925, §3683; am L 1931, c 165, §1; RL 1935, §7030; RL 1945, §7602; RL 1955, §166-2; HRS §464-2; am L 1970, c 85, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 210, §4]
Case Notes
Contract made by unregistered architect, although illegal, is not necessarily void. 57 H. 124, 551 P.2d 525 (1976).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1976–1988 · leading case: Wilson v. Kealakekua Ranch, Ltd., 551 P.2d 525 (Haw. 1976).
Wilson v. Kealakekua Ranch, Ltd., 551 P.2d 525 (Haw. 1976). “After Wilson rested, Gentry, citing HRS § 464-2, 464-9, 464-11, and 464-14, moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground of illegality in that Wilson was not a duly licensed architect at the time he rendered services for Gentry.”
Kona Jt. Venture I, Ltd. Ex Rel. Lippi v. Covella (In Re Kona Jt. Venture I, Ltd.), 88 B.R. 285 (Bankr. D. Haw. 1988). ““It is far from correct to say that an illegal bargain is necessarily ‘void,’ or that the law will grant no remedy and will always leave the parties to such a bargain where it finds them.”
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