HRS §523A-17
Choosing whether to accept or receive property early
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The state can refuse property that costs more to handle than it's worth. A business holding property can give it to the state early, but only with the state's written permission and under its rules. The property stays with the state and is not considered abandoned until the normal time.
businessesstate agencies
The statute, as written — Election to take payment or delivery
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) The administrator may decline to receive property reported under this part that the administrator considers to have a value less than the expenses of notice and sale. (b) A holder, with the written consent of the administrator and upon conditions and terms prescribed by the administrator, may report and deliver property before the property is presumed abandoned. Property so delivered shall be held by the administrator and shall not be presumed abandoned until it otherwise would be presumed abandoned under this part.
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