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HRS §490:9-514

How to transfer a secured party's rights to change a filing

This section explains how a secured party can transfer their power to approve changes to a financing statement. It can be done in the initial filing or by filing an amendment. Special rules apply to fixtures covered by a mortgage.

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The statute, as written — Assignment of powers of secured party of record

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), an initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party's power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured party. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a secured party of record may assign of record all or part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement which: (1) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates; (2) Provides the name of the assignor; and (3) Provides the name and mailing address of the assignee. (c) An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under section 490:9-502(c) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law of this State other than this chapter.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§490:9-502 What a financing statement must include

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