HRS §490:7-702
Old documents and bailments still follow old rules
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section protects documents of title and bailment agreements made before July 2, 2004. Those old agreements and the rights and duties from them are still governed by the laws that were in effect before the changes. They can still be finished or enforced under those old rules.
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The statute, as written — Savings clause
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.
A document of title issued or a bailment that arises before July 2, 2004 and the rights, obligations, and interests flowing from that document or bailment are governed by any statute or other rule amended or repealed by the act that enacted this article as if amendment or repeal had not occurred and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced under that statute or other rule.
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