HRS §39-162
When a government security interest is perfected
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗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
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.
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.
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