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HRS §412:3-110

Keeping bank assets safe and separate

Every financial institution in Hawaii must keep its own assets safe and separate from other people's property. It can use other financial organizations to hold securities or do accounting, and can register securities in a nominee's name.

financial institutions

The statute, as written — Holding of assets

Every Hawaii financial institution shall take the action necessary to assure the safekeeping of its assets, and to keep them separate and apart from the assets or property of others. An institution may use the services of a correspondent financial organization as a depository for securities owned or held as collateral, or a computer service organization for accounting, or the practice of nominee registration of title of securities.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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