Laws and Regulations

The unofficial booklets described below are available only by mail order or at the DFI office.  (Click here on 'DFI Form M - Publications-by-Mail-Order Form', for the form to mail-order unofficial booklets containing the various Hawaii statutes and administrative rules governing financial institutions and escrow depositories.)

Hawaii Revised Statutes ("HRS") booklets:

• Chapter 412, HRS, "Code of Financial Institutions" (Click on "Booklets" to view a description of the printed booklets containing the Articles comprising the Code of Financial Institutions.)
• Chapter 449, HRS, "Escrow Depositories" 
• Chapter 489D, HRS, "Money Transmitters"

Hawaii Administrative Rules ("HAR") booklets:

• Chapter 24, HAR - "Money Transmitters"

• Chapter 25, HAR - "Application Procedures Relating to Financial Institutions"
• Chapter 26, HAR - "Examination and Off-site Monitoring of Financial Institutions"
• Chapter 27, HAR - "Supervisory and Enforcement Actions Relating to Financial Institutions"
• Chapter 28, HAR - "Escrow Depositories"
• Chapter 31, HAR - "Credit Unions"
• Chapter 201, HAR - "Administrative Practice and Procedure"