(a) A person who terminates the person’s status as a self-insurer or whose certificate of self-insurance has been revoked and who obtains a motor vehicle insurance policy for any formerly self-insured motor vehicle or shows that the person does not own any motor vehicle, may apply to the commissioner for the return of the person’s security deposit or cancellation of the surety bond.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-608

  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle of a type required to be registered under chapter 286, including a trailer attached to such a vehicle, but not including motorcycles and motor scooters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title to a motor vehicle; except that in the case of a motor vehicle which is the subject of a security agreement or lease with a term of not less than one year with the debtor or lessee having the right to possession, such term means the debtor or lessee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • Person: means , when appropriate to the context, not only individuals, but corporations, firms, associations, and societies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
(b) After a lapse of twenty-four months from termination or revocation of self-insurer status and proof satisfactory to the commissioner that all claims have been fully adjudicated and paid, that all allotments and assessments have been paid, and that the owner has complied with the applicable provisions of this article, rules, orders, and directives of the commissioner, and provisions of the self-insurer’s agreement, the commissioner may release the securities deposited or permit the cancellation of the bond.