HRS §490:7-208

When a warehouse receipt is changed without permission

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This section says what happens if someone changes a warehouse receipt without permission. If a blank was filled in without authority, a buyer who did not know about the problem can treat it as valid. Other changes do not change what the warehouse must do under the original receipt.

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The statute, as written — Altered warehouse receipts

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.

If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled in without authority, a good-faith purchaser for value and without notice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized. Any other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic warehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its original tenor.

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

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