Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-208 – Liability for false statement in filed record
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-208
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with the present intention to authenticate a record. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
If a record authorized or required to be filed under this chapter contains a false statement, any person who suffers loss by reliance on the statement may recover damages for the loss from the person who signed the record or caused another to sign it on the person’s behalf and knew the statement to be false at the time the record was signed.