(a) The commissioner shall maintain, or designate a person to maintain, a register of applications for registration of securities; registration statements; notice filings; applications for registration of broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives; notice filings by federal covered investment advisers that are or have been effective under this chapter or the predecessor act; notices of claims of exemption from registration or notice filing requirements contained in a record; orders issued under this chapter or the predecessor act; and interpretative opinions or no action determinations issued under this chapter.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 485A-607

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of securities of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 485A-102
  • 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.
  • Filing: means the receipt of a record required under this chapter by the commissioner or a designee of the commissioner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 485A-102
  • Investment adviser: means a person that, for compensation, engages in the business of advising others, either directly or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities or that, for compensation and as a part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports concerning securities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 485A-102
  • Person: means an individual; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 485A-102
  • Predecessor act: means chapter 485, Hawaii Revised Statutes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 485A-102
  • public 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 485A-102
(b) The commissioner shall make all rules, forms, interpretative opinions, and orders available to the public in accordance with chapter 92F.
(c) The commissioner shall furnish a copy of a record that is a public record or a certification that the public record does not exist to a person that so requests in accordance with chapter 92F. A copy of the record certified or a certificate by the commissioner of a record’s nonexistence is prima facie evidence of a record or its nonexistence.