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HRS §39-162

When a government security interest is perfected

This section says that when a government unit creates a security interest under a law that allows it, the interest is automatically perfected when the law takes effect. No filing, recording, or physical delivery is needed. It is a narrow rule about government security interests.

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The statute, as written — Perfection of a security interest

Any security interest created by a governmental unit pursuant to any authorizing statute is perfected by the adoption of the measure or measures from the date on which the measure takes effect without the need for any physical delivery, filing, or recording in any office.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.