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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business within the State, or a bond with at least two individual sureties each owning real estate within the State, and together having equities equal in value to at least twice the amount of the bond, which real estate shall be scheduled in the bond approved by the insurance commissioner, which bond shall be conditioned for payment of the amounts specified in section 294-10(a). 1 The bond shall be filed with the administrator and shall not be cancelable except after ten days' written notice to the administrator. The bond shall constitute a lien in favor of the State upon the real estate so scheduled of any surety, which lien shall exist in favor of any holder of a final judgment against the person who has filed the bond, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of a motor vehicle after the bond was filed upon the filing of notice to that effect and the filing of a certified copy of the final judgment in the office of the registrar of conveyances.
(b) If such a judgment, rendered against the principal on the bond is not satisfied within sixty days after it has become final, the judgment creditor may, for the judgment creditor's own use and benefit and at the judgment creditor's sole expense, bring an action or actions in the name of the State against the company or persons executing the bond, including an action or proceeding to foreclose any lien that may exist upon the real estate of a person who has executed the bond, such action to conform as near as may be with the procedure for the foreclosure of mortgages.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 287-35 - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-1-government/hi-rev-st-sect-287-35/
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