Hawaii Revised Statutes 456. Notaries Public
- 456-1 Appointment; Renewal.
(a) The attorney general may, in the attorney general's discretion, appoint and commission such number of notaries public for the State as the attorney...
- 456-1.5 Powers and Duties of the Attorney General.
In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the attorney general shall have all powers necessary or convenient to effectuate the...
- 456-1.6 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: "Alter" means to change by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new content,...
- 456-2 Qualifications; Oath.
Every person appointed a notary public shall, at the time of the person's appointment, be a resident of the State, possess the other qualifications...
- 456-3 Seal.
Every notary public shall constantly keep an engraved seal of office or a rubber stamp facsimile seal which shall clearly show, when embossed, stamped,...
- 456-4 Filing Copy of Commission; Authentication of Acts.
Each person appointed and commissioned a notary public under this chapter shall forthwith file a literal or photostatic copy of the person's commission, an...
- 456-5 Official Bond.
Each notary public forthwith and before entering upon the duties of the notary's office shall execute, at the notary's own expense, an official surety...
- 456-6 Liabilities; Limitations On; Official Bond.
(a) In the performance of a notarial act, a notary's liability shall be limited to a failure by the notary to perform properly the...
- 456-7 Unauthorized Practice As a Notary Public.
(a) A person commits the offense of unauthorized practice as a notary public if the person knowingly engages in or offers to engage in...
- 456-8 Rules.
The attorney general, subject to chapter 91, may prescribe such rules as the attorney general deems advisable concerning the administration of this chapter, the...
- 456-9 Fees and Administrative Fines.
(a) The attorney general shall charge and collect the following fees for: (1) Issuing the original commission, $40; and (2) Renewing the commission, $40....
- 456-9.5 Notaries Public Revolving Fund.
(a) There is established in the state treasury the notaries public revolving fund into which shall be deposited: (1) All fees, administrative fines, charges,...
- 456-10 Duties, by Mercantile Usage.
It shall be a notary public's duty, when requested, to enter on record all losses or damages sustained or apprehended, by sea or land,...
- 456-11 Protests; Negotiable Paper.
All facts, extracts from documents, and circumstances, so noted, shall be signed and sworn to by all the persons appearing to protest. The notary...
- 456-12 Protest, Evidence of What.
The protest of any foreign or inland bill of exchange, or promissory note or order, duly certified by any notary public, under the notary's...
- 456-13 May Administer Oath.
Every notary public may administer oaths in all cases in which oaths are by law authorized or required to be taken or administered, or...
- 456-14 Notary Connected With a Corporation or Trust Company; Authority to Act.
It shall be lawful for any notary public, although an officer, employee, shareholder, or director of a corporation or trust company to take the...
- 456-15 Record; Copies As Evidence.
Every notary public shall record at length in a book of records all acts, protests, depositions, and other things, by the notary noted or...
- 456-16 Disposition of Records; Penalty.
The records of each notary public shall be deposited with the office of the attorney general upon the resignation, death, expiration of each term...
- 456-17 Fees.
Subject to section 456-18, every notary public is entitled to demand and receive the following fees: For noting the protest of mercantile paper, $5;...
- 456-18 Notaries in Government Service.
Except as otherwise provided for by law, the head of every department (which term as used in this chapter includes any department, board, commission,...
- 456-19 Notary Signing for Disabled Person.
A notary may sign the name of a person physically unable to sign or to make a mark on a document presented for notarization;...
- 456-20 Failure to Verify Identity and Signature.
(a) A person commits the offense of failure to verify identity and signature if the person is a commissioned notary public and knowingly notarizes...
- 456-21 Failure to Authenticate With a Certification Statement.
(a) A person commits the offense of failure to authenticate with a certification statement if the person is a commissioned notary public and knowingly notarizes...
Last modified: October 27, 2016