Sections evidence of insurance” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2022″ statecd=”HI”>287-5 and 287-6 shall not apply under the conditions stated in § 287-8 nor:

(1) To the driver or registered owner if the registered owner had in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy with respect to the motor vehicle involved in the accident;

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 287-7

  • Administrator: means the chief of police of each county or the director of finance of each county and their authorized subordinates charged with the responsibility of administering this chapter;

    "Driver" means every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle;

    "Judgment" means any judgment, order, or decree which has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of the United States or any territory or state thereof upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages;

    "Legal owner" has the same meaning prescribed by § 286-2;

    "License" means any license or permit issued or recognized under chapter 286 to operate motor vehicles;

    "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 section 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

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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 section 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

  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
(2) To the driver, if not the registered owner of the motor vehicle if there was in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to the driver’s operation of motor vehicles not owned by the driver;
(3) To the driver or registered owner if the liability of the operator or registered owner for damages resulting from such action is, in the judgment of the administrator, covered by any other form of liability insurance policy or bond;
(4) To any person qualifying as a self-insurer under section 287-42, or to any driver of a motor vehicle for the self-insurer where the self-insurer is responsible for the acts of the driver.

No automobile liability policy or bond shall be effective under this section unless issued by an insurance company or surety company authorized to do business in the State, except that if the motor vehicle is registered elsewhere than in this State at the effective date of the policy or bond, or the most recent renewal thereof, the policy or bond shall not be effective under this section unless the insurance company or surety company, if not authorized to do business in the State, executes a power of attorney authorizing the insurance commissioner to accept service on its behalf of notice of process in any action upon the policy or bond arising out of the action; provided every such policy or bond is subject to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than the liability coverages stated in section 294-10(a).

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