{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-414d-8","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 414D-8","heading":"Filing duty of the department director.","body":"(a) If a document delivered to the office of the department director for filing satisfies the requirements of section 414D-3, the department director shall file it.\n\n(b) The department director files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing it with the date and the time of receipt.\n\n(c) If the department director refuses to file a document, the department director shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its designated representative, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason or reasons for the refusal.\n\n(d) The department director's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The department director's filing or refusal to file a document does not:\n\n(1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part;\n\n(2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or\n\n(3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.","path":["HI Code","Division 2","Title 23","Chapter 414D"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol08_Ch0401-0429/HRS0414D/HRS_0414D-0008.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"e134f3d65efe88097f4b8b18a0978d4b9782ced77de7c401ce9fcd47645ee3e4","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-414d-74","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-414d-82"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}