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HRS §490:9-527

Annual report on the filing office

The Department of Land and Natural Resources must send a yearly report to the governor and legislature before each regular session. The report explains how Hawaii's filing rules differ from other states' rules and from the model rules, and why.

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The statute, as written — Duty to report

The department of land and natural resources shall report annually, twenty days before the convening of each regular session of the legislature, to the governor and the legislature on the operation of the filing office. The report must contain a statement of the extent to which: (1) The filing-office rules are not in harmony with the rules of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part and the reasons for these variations; and (2) The filing-office rules are not in harmony with the most recent version of the Model Rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate Administrators, or any successor organization, and the reasons for these variations.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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