(a) On creation of a written certificate of title, the department shall promptly send the certificate to the secured party of record or, if none, to the owner of record, at the address indicated for that person in the department’s files. On creation of an electronic certificate of title, the department shall promptly send a record evidencing the certificate to the owner of record and, if there is one, to the secured party of record, at the address indicated for that person in the department’s files. The department may send the record to the person’s mailing address or, if indicated in its files, an electronic mail address.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-12

  • Certificate of title: means a record, created by the department under this chapter or by a governmental agency of another jurisdiction under the law of that jurisdiction, that is designated as a certificate of title by the department or agency and is evidence of ownership of a vessel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
  • Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
  • Electronic certificate of title: means a certificate of title consisting of information that is stored solely in an electronic medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
  • Owner: means a person that has legal title to a vessel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
  • Owner of record: means the owner indicated in the department's files or, if the files indicate more than one owner, the owner indicated first. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
  • Person: means an individual; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; statutory trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; public corporation; government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; or any other legal or commercial entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
  • 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 200A-2
  • Secured party of record: means the secured party whose name is indicated as the name of the secured party in the department's files or, if the files indicate more than one secured party, the name indicated first. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
  • Vessel: means any watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except:

    (1) An amphibious vehicle for which a certificate of title is issued pursuant to part III of chapter 286 or a similar statute of another state;
    (2) A watercraft less than eight feet in length and propelled solely by sail, paddle, oar, or an engine of less than ten horsepower;
    (3) A watercraft that operates only on a permanently fixed, manufactured course and the movement of which is restricted to or guided by means of a mechanical device to which the watercraft is attached or by which the watercraft is controlled;
    (4) A stationary floating structure that:
    (A) Does not have and is not designed to have a mode of propulsion of its own;
    (B) Is dependent for utilities upon a continuous utility hookup to a source originating on shore; and
    (C) Has a permanent, continuous hookup to a shoreside sewage system;
    (5) A watercraft owned by the United States; a state; a foreign government; or a political subdivision of the United States, a state, or a foreign government; and
    (6) A watercraft used solely as a lifeboat on another watercraft. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
  • Written certificate of title: means a certificate of title consisting of information inscribed on a tangible medium. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
(b) If the department creates a written certificate of title, any electronic certificate of title for the vessel is canceled and replaced by the written certificate. The department shall maintain in its files the date and time of cancellation.
(c) Before the department creates an electronic certificate of title, any written certificate for the vessel shall be surrendered to the department. If the department creates an electronic certificate, the department shall destroy or otherwise cancel the written certificate for the vessel that has been surrendered to the department and maintain in its files the date and time of destruction or other cancellation. If a written certificate being canceled is not destroyed, the department shall indicate on the face of the certificate that it has been canceled.

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