Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 200A-3

• 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
• 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
• 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