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HRS §560:6-110

Who can get money from a payable-on-death account

This section says when a bank can pay out a payable-on-death account. It can pay the original account holder, or the person named to get the money after death, or that person's heirs or representative, if they show proof of death. It also covers paying the heirs of an original holder who outlived everyone else.

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The statute, as written — Financial institution protection; payment of payable-on-death account

Any payable-on-death account may be paid, on request, to any original party to the account. Payment may be made, on request, to the payable-on-death payee or to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased payable-on-death payee upon presentation to the financial institution of proof of death showing that the payable-on-death payee survived all persons named as original payees. Payment may be made to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased original payee if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that his decedent was the survivor of all other persons named on the account either as an original payee or as payable-on-death payee.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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