HRS §414D-34

Personal responsibility for acting before a corporation exists

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If you act as a corporation or for one, knowing it was never legally formed, you and the others acting with you are each fully responsible for any debts or obligations you create. This section makes you personally liable for those liabilities.

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The statute, as written — Liability for preincorporation transactions

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.

All persons purporting to act as or on behalf of a corporation, knowing there was no incorporation under this chapter, are jointly and severally liable for all liabilities created while so acting.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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