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ROH §38-2.13

Rules for personal sureties on bonds

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This section sets rules when someone other than a licensed surety company backs a bond. It limits the number of personal sureties, requires them to prove they can cover the bond, and lets the director accept property or waive the requirement if the surety is financially sound.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Surety on bond - Justification

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

If the surety or sureties on such bond shall be other than a surety company authorized to do business under the laws of this State, there shall be not more than four such sureties who shall severally justify such amounts as, taken together, will aggregate the full amount of the bond; provided that in the case of such sureties, they shall deposit with the director certified checks or certificates of deposit (payable on demand on or after such period as the director may stipulate) or bonds, stocks, or other negotiable securities, or execute and deliver to such officer a deed or deeds of trust of real property, all of such character as shall be satisfactory to the director, in security equal to the full cash value of 100 percent of the amount for which each surety shall have assumed. The director may waive the necessity of furnishing such security, in cases where the director is satisfied as to the financial responsibility of the proposed surety or sureties; provided that if there be but one personal surety, the surety shall justify the full amount of the bond. )
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.