§287-21  Alternate methods of giving proof.  Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter with respect to a motor vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of a motor vehicle may be given by filing:

     (1)  A certificate of insurance as provided in § 287-22 or 287-23; or

     (2)  A bond as provided in § 287-35; or

     (3)  A certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in § 287-36; or

     (4)  A certificate of self-insurance, as provided in § 287-42, supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, the self-insurer will pay the same judgments and in the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner’s motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued such a policy to the self-insurer.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 287-21

  • Motor vehicle: has the meaning prescribed by § 286-2 and includes trailers and semitrailers designed for use by such vehicles, but does not include road rollers, farm tractors, tractor cranes, power shovels, and well drillers;

         "Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of the State;

         "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by laws of the State pertaining to the operation by the nonresident of a motor vehicle, or the use of a motor vehicle owned by the nonresident in this State;

         "Owner" or "registered owner" has the meaning prescribed by § 286-2 to the term "owner";

         "Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of such proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, in the amounts prescribed by § 294-10(a);

         "Registration" means the certificate of registration issued pursuant to chapter 286;

         "State" except in reference to the State of Hawaii means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 287-1

  • motor vehicle liability policy: as used in this chapter means an owner's or a driver's policy of liability insurance, certified as provided in § 287-22 or § 287-23 as proof of financial responsibility, and issued, except as otherwise provided in § 287-23, by an insurance carrier duly authorized to transact business in the State, to or for the benefit of the person named therein as insured. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 287-24