(a) The articles of incorporation and any articles of amendment thereof shall be filed in the office of the director of commerce and consumer affairs and shall at all times during business hours be open to the inspection of the public without charge.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 421-6

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Articles: means the articles of incorporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421-1
  • Association: means any corporation organized under this chapter for the mutual benefit of its members, as agricultural producers, and which confines its operations to purposes authorized by this chapter and restricts the return on the stock or membership capital and the amount of its business with nonmembers to the limits placed thereon by this chapter for associations organized hereunder; provided that any fish marketing association organized pursuant to chapter 422 and in existence on May 7, 1991, shall be considered an association for purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421-1
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Person: includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, and associations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421-1
(b) A certified copy of the articles or of a certificate of incorporation issued by the director shall be filed with the department of agriculture.
(c) On the filing of the articles of incorporation with the director, the persons who have subscribed the articles, their associates, successors, and assigns, shall thereafter be a body corporate by the name and style provided in the articles; shall have succession and corporate existence for such term as shall have been agreed upon, which may be perpetual; shall have all of the powers and be subject to all of the liabilities provided for in this chapter; and shall be subject to all general laws in regard to the associations.
(d) No person dealing with the association shall be charged with constructive notice of the contents of the articles or amendments thereto by reason of the filing or recording.
(e) Except for annual reports, statutes and fees that apply to domestic profit corporations shall apply to stock associations. Except for annual reports, statutes and fees that apply to domestic nonprofit corporations shall apply to nonstock associations.

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