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HRS §231-5

What happens to tax records when a tax officer dies

If a tax officer dies, the person in charge of their tax records or collected taxes must give them to the tax department. Refusing or deliberately failing to do so is a crime.

personal representatives

The statute, as written — Deceased officers, duties of personal representatives, etc

The personal representatives of any deceased officer of the department of taxation, and all other persons into whose hands any tax lists, or records, papers, documents, or books, or taxes, may come, shall deliver the same to the department, and any refusal or wilful failure so to do shall constitute a misdemeanor.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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