HRS §338-8
When and where to file a death certificate
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗You must file a death or fetal death certificate with the health department within three days of the death or finding the body. The certificate must be filed before the body is buried or otherwise disposed of.
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The statute, as written — Compulsory registration of deaths and fetal deaths
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
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.
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