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HRS §445-33

Suing on an auctioneer's bond

This section lets the county treasurer or a person who lost money because of an auctioneer's broken bond sue the auctioneer to recover actual losses. It also allows a small extra payment to the treasury for missing or wrong record entries, and a judge may cancel the auctioneer's license.

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The statute, as written — Suit on bond

The treasurer or, by the treasurer's written consent, any person whose property is sold by any auctioneer, concerning which property a record has not been kept as required by section 445-30, or concerning which the auctioneer has otherwise failed to fulfill the terms of the auctioneer's bond, may prosecute the auctioneer under the auctioneer's bond, and recover thereon any actual loss caused to the treasurer or person or sum due to the treasurer or person by the auctioneer, and also the sum of $5 to the use of the treasury for each item by section 445-30 required to be entered in the record which is omitted therefrom, or which is entered therein incorrectly; and the license of the auctioneer may, in the discretion of any judge or court, be canceled.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§445-30 Auctioneer record books

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