§531-20  Banks, fiduciaries to disclose
property of decedents, when; penalty.  Every banking house, fiduciary
company, agent, or trustee, as soon as practicable after the receipt of a
written statement, verified by the oath of the person making the same, showing: 
the death of a person for whom such fiduciary holds property; that the person
making the statement is a kinsman of the deceased, together with the
relationship which existed; and that the person claims to be an heir of the
deceased; shall disclose to the person making the statement the nature and kind
of property so held.



Any fiduciary company, agent, or trustee,
refusing so to disclose the nature and kind of property so held, shall be fined
not more than $500. [L 1915, c 11, §§1-2; RL 1925, §2486; RL 1935, §4782; RL
1945, §12019; RL 1955, §317-20; HRS §531-20]