HRS §200A-22
Getting a new title when the original is lost or damaged
If your paper title is lost, stolen, or ruined, you can ask the department for a replacement. You must sign the application and follow the rules for a regular title. If you later find the old title, you must destroy it. Fees may apply.
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The statute, as written — Replacement certificate of title
(a) If a written certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise becomes unavailable or illegible, the secured party of record or, if no secured party is indicated in the department's files, the owner of record may apply for and, by furnishing information satisfactory to the department, obtain a replacement certificate in the name of the owner of record. (b) An applicant for a replacement certificate of title shall sign the application, and, except as otherwise permitted by the department, the application shall comply with section 200A-7. The application shall include the existing certificate unless the certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable. (c) A replacement certificate of title created by the department shall comply with section 200A-9 and indicate on the face of the certificate that it is a replacement certificate. (d) If a person receiving a replacement certificate of title subsequently obtains possession of the original written certificate, the person promptly shall destroy the original certificate of title. (e) The department may set and charge fees for a replacement certificate of title.
Sections this one refers to
§200A-9 What a boat title must show
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