HRS §38-8
State's duty to keep county securities safe
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says the State, through its director, is responsible for safely keeping securities that county treasurers deposit with the director under another law. It assigns this duty to the State, not to the counties.
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The statute, as written — Additional responsibility
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.
The State through its director shall be chargeable with the safekeeping of the securities deposited with the director by the treasurers of the several counties under section 46-52.
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