HRS §414D-206
Gifts to a merged corporation go to the survivor
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If someone leaves money or property to a corporation in a will or donation document, and that corporation merges with another, the gift goes to the surviving corporation. This happens unless the will or document says something different.
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The statute, as written — Bequests, devises, and gifts
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 bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a will or other instrument of donation, subscription, or conveyance, that is made to a constituent corporation and that takes effect or remains payable after the merger, inures to the surviving corporation unless the will or other instrument otherwise specifically provides.
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