(a) If a document delivered to the department director for filing satisfies the requirements of § 414-11, the department director shall file it.
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-16
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Department director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs, unless the context otherwise requires. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
(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.
