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HRS §425-1.6

What must be done for a document to be filed

This section explains the basic rules for filing a document with the director. The document must have the required information and use any required form. The director's job is only to file or refuse it, not to judge if it is correct or valid.

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The statute, as written — Filing requirements; filing duty of the director

(a) A document must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies from these requirements, to be entitled to filing by the director. (b) The document must contain the information required by this chapter. It may contain other information as well. (c) If the director has prescribed a mandatory form for the document, the document must be in or on the prescribed form. (d) The director's duty to file documents under this chapter is ministerial. The filing or refusal to file a document does not: (1) Affect the validity of the document in whole or part; (2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or (3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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