HRS §523A-65
State's rights to abandoned property are protected
This section says that even if the state does not follow certain rules in this law, the state can still sue to recover abandoned property. The federal government and its agencies must still follow the rules. This applies to all property, whether it was abandoned before or after this law was passed.
state agencies
The statute, as written — State rights not affected
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the right of the State to maintain an action and to recover presumptively abandoned property and the obligation of the federal government, or any federal agency, entity, officer, or appointee thereof, to comply with the requirements contained in [part I of this chapter] and sections 523A-51 to 523A-64 shall not be affected by any state failure to adhere to sections 523A-54 to 523A-64. (b) Subsection (a) shall apply to all property held at the time of enactment, or at any time thereafter, regardless of when the property became or becomes presumptively abandoned.
Sections this one refers to
§523A-51 Finding unclaimed property held by the federal government
§523A-54 Asking the federal government for missing unclaimed property reports
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