HRS §490:9-804
Old security interests become perfected automatically
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if a security interest was not perfected before July 1, 2013, it becomes perfected automatically if the requirements for perfection were met by that date. If not, it becomes perfected when those requirements are met later.
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The statute, as written — Security interest unperfected before July 1, 2013
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 security interest that is an unperfected security interest prior to July 1, 2013, shall be a perfected security interest: (1) Without further action, if, on or before July 1, 2013, the applicable requirements for perfection under this article are satisfied; or (2) Upon satisfaction of the applicable requirements for perfection.
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