HRS §444-21
Continuing to work after a licensed manager dies or leaves
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A contracting business can keep working after the licensed person in charge dies or leaves, as long as it applies for a new license within 30 days. This protection lasts until the license board decides on that application. It only applies to partnerships, joint ventures, and corporations.
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The statute, as written — Death or dissociation
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.
No copartnership, joint venture, or corporation shall be deemed to have violated any provision of this chapter by acting or assuming to act as a contractor after the death or dissociation of a licensee who had the direct management of the contracting business thereof prior to final disposition by the contractors license board of an application for a license made within thirty days from the date of the death or dissociation.
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