REPORT TITLE:
Motor Vehicles


DESCRIPTION:
Repeals the requirement that a specific form be provided by the
director of finance when registering a vehicle under two names
that is not held in joint tenancy.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           685
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES UNDER TWO OR MORE
   NAMES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 286-49, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§286-49  Registration of vehicles under two or more names.
 
 4 Unless otherwise specifically stated by a written form [provided
 
 5 by the director of finance], any vehicle registered in the names
 
 6 of two or more persons shall be presumed to be owned in joint
 
 7 tenancy."
 
 8      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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