Hawaii § 414-16 - Filing duty of department director.
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§ 414-16. Filing duty of department director.
(a) If a document delivered to the department director for filing satisfies the requirements of section 414-11, the department director shall file it. (b) The department director files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing the document including the date and time of receipt. (c) If the department director refuses to file a document, the department director shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the department director's refusal. (d) The department director's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The department director's filing or refusing to file a document does not: (1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part; (2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; and (3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect. [L 2000, c 244, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 129, §12] Previous Vol08_Ch0401-0429 Next
Source: official Hawaii text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Hawaii Revised Statutes § 414-16 cover?
Section 414-16 ("Filing duty of department director.") is part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Hawaii. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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