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HRS §490:7-508

What a bank promises when it handles shipping documents

When a bank or middleman handles shipping documents for someone else, it only promises that it is acting honestly and has the right to do so. This is true even if the bank paid for the claim or loaned money against it.

financial institutions

The statute, as written — Warranties of collecting bank as to documents of title

A collecting bank or other intermediary known to be entrusted with documents of title on behalf of another or with collection of a draft or other claim against delivery of documents warrants by the delivery of the documents only its own good faith and authority even if the collecting bank or other intermediary has purchased or made advances against the claim or draft to be collected.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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