Wherever any Territorial law or rule provides for the giving of notice or service of legal process by registered mail, or for service of notice or legal process and proof of mailing or proof of delivery, the sending of such notice or service of such legal process may be made by means of certified mail, return receipt requested and deliver to addressee only. Should the U.S. Postal Service, in the future, provide a similar service under a different designation, such designated service shall be sufficient notice under this Section if such service provides for written proof of mailing, written proof of delivery and restricted delivery to the addressee only.

SOURCE: Compare California Probate Code § 5 and HRS § 1-28.

COMMENT: In addition to references contained in both the Hawaii and
California statutes to “”certified mail””, reference is made to future

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contingencies within the postal service. Since statutes similar to this one were required to be enacted when the Postal Service created “”certified mail”” as a less expensive option providing the essential (for purposes of this Section) services of Registered Mail, it is desirable to permit the same essential service under this Section regardless of what it is called by the Postal Service. Thus, this law concerns itself with the quality of service provided, not the name of the service.