HRS §490:9-522
Keeping and destroying financing statement records
The filing office must keep a record of each financing statement for at least one year after it expires. The record must be searchable by debtor name and file number. The office may destroy paper records, but must keep another record that meets these rules.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Maintenance and destruction of records
(a) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under section 490:9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates. (b) Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection (a).
Sections this one refers to
§490:9-515 How long a financing statement stays valid and what happens when it expires
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