HRS §431:1-104

Specific insurance rules beat general ones

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section says that when the insurance code has a rule about a specific type of insurance, a specific type of insurer, or a specific topic, that rule wins over any general rule about insurance or insurers. It helps decide which rule to follow when they conflict.

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The statute, as written — Particular provisions prevail

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.

Provisions of this code relating to a particular class of insurance or a particular type of insurer or to a particular matter prevail over provisions relating to insurance in general or insurers in general or to such matter in general.

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

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