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HRS §428-408

Your right to see company records and information

This section gives members of a limited liability company the right to look at and copy company records during business hours. Former members can see records from their time as members. The company can charge for copies, but only for the cost of labor and materials.

The statute, as written — Member's right to information

(a) A limited liability company shall provide members and their agents and attorneys access to any of its records at reasonable locations specified in the operating agreement. The company shall provide former members and their agents and attorneys access for proper purposes to records pertaining to the period during which they were members. The right of access includes the opportunity to inspect and copy records during ordinary business hours. The company may impose a reasonable charge, limited to the costs of labor and material, for copies of records furnished. (b) A limited liability company shall furnish to a member, and to the legal representative of a deceased member or member under legal disability: (1) Without demand, information concerning the company's business or affairs reasonably required for the proper exercise of the member's rights and performance of the member's duties under the operating agreement or this chapter; and (2) On demand, other information concerning the company's business or affairs, except to the extent the demand or the information demanded is unreasonable or otherwise improper under the circumstances. (c) A member has the right, upon a signed record given to the limited liability company, to obtain at the company's expense a copy of any operating agreement in record form.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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