(a) If a written certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise becomes unavailable or illegible, the secured party of record or, if no secured party is indicated in the department‘s files, the owner of record may apply for and, by furnishing information satisfactory to the department, obtain a replacement certificate in the name of the owner of record.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-22

  • 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
  • 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
  • Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to:

    (1) Make or adopt a tangible symbol; or
    (2) Attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-2
(b) An applicant for a replacement certificate of title shall sign the application, and, except as otherwise permitted by the department, the application shall comply with § 200A-7. The application shall include the existing certificate unless the certificate is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable.
(c) A replacement certificate of title created by the department shall comply with § 200A-9 and indicate on the face of the certificate that it is a replacement certificate.
(d) If a person receiving a replacement certificate of title subsequently obtains possession of the original written certificate, the person promptly shall destroy the original certificate of title.
(e) The department may set and charge fees for a replacement certificate of title.

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