HB 494 Summary

• Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 286-52 to clarify procedures for transferring motor vehicle title or interest, including requirements for written signatures and addresses on certificates of ownership.

• Establishes a fine of $500-$1,000 for any person providing false or fraudulent information on vehicle transfer documents.

• Adds new subsection (n) designating charitable organizations that receive motor vehicles as donations as "transferees" subject to all applicable rights, responsibilities, and liabilities under vehicle transfer law.

• Makes technical corrections to statutory language including replacing "such" with "the" and "every such" with "each" throughout the section.

• Effective date: March 22, 2075.