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Hawaii Statutes, Title 29

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Title 29, Decedents' Estates

6 chapters · 57 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 2957 Ch 532, Descent Of Property14 Ch 533, Dower And Curtesy14 Ch 539, Uniform Transfer-On-Death (Tod)12 Ch 531B, Disposition Of Remains11 Ch 531, Probate: Jurisdiction And Procedure5 Ch 535, Specific Performance Of Decedent'S1

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 29✕Ch 539✕

HRS §539-1 Definitions
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[§539-1] Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security which indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person who will become the owner of the security upon…
HRS §539-10 Terms, conditions, and forms for registration
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[§539-10] Terms, conditions, and forms for registration. (a) A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form may establish the terms and conditions under which it will receive requests (1) for registrations in beneficiary form, and (2) for implementation…
HRS §539-11 Short title; rules of construction
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[§539-11] Short title; rules of construction. (a) This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Uniform TOD Security Registration Act. (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policy and to make uniform the laws wit…
HRS §539-12 Application of chapter
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[§539-12] Application of chapter. This chapter applies to registrations of securities in beneficiary form made before or after April 29, 1998, by decedents dying on or after April 29, 1998. [L 1998, c 63, pt of §1]

HRS §539-2 Registration in beneficiary form; sole or joint tenancy ownership

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[§539-2] Registration in beneficiary form; sole or joint tenancy ownership. Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership by one individual or multiple ownership by two or more with right of survivorship, rather than as tenants in common, may obtain regis…

HRS §539-3 Registration in beneficiary form; applicable law

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[§539-3] Registration in beneficiary form; applicable law. A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is authorized by this or a similar statute of the state of organization of the issuer or registering entity, the location of the registering entity's principal …

HRS §539-4 Origination of registration in beneficiary form

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[§539-4] Origination of registration in beneficiary form. A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered in beneficiary form when the registration includes a designation of a beneficiary to take the ownership at the death of the owner or the deaths of all …

HRS §539-5 Form of registration in beneficiary form

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[§539-5] Form of registration in beneficiary form. Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words "transfer on death" or the abbreviation "TOD", or by the words "pay on death" or the abbreviation "POD", after the name of the registered owner and before the name of a b…

HRS §539-6 Effect of registration in beneficiary form

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[§539-6] Effect of registration in beneficiary form. The designation of a transfer-on-death beneficiary on a registration in beneficiary form has no effect on ownership until the owner's death. A registration of a security in beneficiary form may be canceled or changed at any tim…

HRS §539-7 Ownership on death of owner

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[§539-7] Ownership on death of owner. On death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive all owners. On proof of death of all owners and compliance with …

HRS §539-8 Protection of registering entity

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[§539-8] Protection of registering entity. (a) A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request for security registration in beneficiary form. If a registration in beneficiary form is offered by a registering entity, the owner requesting registration in benefi…

HRS §539-9 Nontestamentary transfer on death

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[§539-9] Nontestamentary transfer on death. (a) A transfer on death resulting from a registration in beneficiary form is effective by reason of the contract regarding the registration between the owner and the registering entity and this chapter and is not testamentary. (b) This …