REPORT TITLE:
Motor Vehicle; Ownership


DESCRIPTION:
Eliminates the requirement that a county provide the legally
correct form to record ownership of a vehicle by two or more
persons that is not owned in joint tenancy. (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.



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,] document, any vehicle registered in
 
 6 the names of two or more persons shall be presumed to be owned in
 
 7 joint tenancy."
 
 8      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.