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HI Rev Stat § 502-14 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-14 Entries where one transfers another's real estate; in partition cases.

  §502-14 Entries where one transfers another's real estate; in partition cases. When an instrument, by which one person by authority of law transfers or conveys the real estate of another person, is left for record, the registrar shall enter in the registrar's entry book and grantor index both the name of the person making the transfer and conveyance and that of the person whose estate has been so transferred or conveyed, if the latter name appears in the instrument.   When a return of a commissioner appointed to make partition of real estate is left for record, the registrar shall enter in the entry book, and in both the grantor and grantee indexes, the names of all persons whose estates plainly appear to be affected by the return. [L 1905, c 4, §5; RL 1925, §3131; RL 1935, §5117; RL 1945, §12717; RL 1955, §343-8; HRS §502-14; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 502-15 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-15 Annual indexes.

  §502-15 Annual indexes. The registrar shall within the first six months of each year, or within such further time during the year as the registrar may think proper, cause to be made by competent persons, copies of the indexes to the instruments recorded in the bureau of conveyances during the preceding year, in which copies the grantors and grantees shall be classified by their respective surnames in alphabetical order, and arranged under such surnames in the order in which the deeds and other conveyances to which they refer were left for record. The registrar may also cause the Christian or given names of grantors and grantees, as well as their surnames to be arranged in alphabetical order in such lists.  The registrar shall cause to be made a reclassification and consolidation of the yearly indexes as the convenience of the registrar may permit. The registrar may also cause copies of the indexes or new indexes to the records existing in the registrar's office to be made by some competent person as conditions may require. [L 1905, c 4, §6; RL 1925, §3132; RL 1935, §5118; RL 1945, §12718; am L 1955, c 135, §1; RL 1955, §343-9; am imp L 1967, c 6, §1; HRS §502-15; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 502-16 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-16 Decennial indexes.

  §502-16 Decennial indexes. The registrar shall cause a reclassification and consolidation of the yearly indexes to be made at least once in every ten years as the convenience of the registrar may permit, in the same manner as set forth in section 502-15. The registrar may cause copies of the indexes or new indexes to the records existing in the registrar's office, to be made by some competent person in the same manner as set forth in section 502-15. [L 1905, c 4, §7; RL 1925, §3133; RL 1935, §5119; RL 1945, §12719; am L 1955, c 135, §2; RL 1955, §343-10; HRS §502-16; gen ch 1985; am L 2006, c 38, §17]
HI Rev Stat § 502-18 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-18 Description; lot subdivisions.

  §502-18 Description; lot subdivisions. A metes and bounds description of the exterior boundaries of the parcel or parcels of land sought to be registered as a file plan shall be written upon the plan, or printed or typewritten on unruled good quality white paper 11 inches long by 8 1/2 inches wide and shall be filed in duplicate with the file plan. The metes and bounds description shall be dated and signed by the licensed professional surveyor making the field survey, or under whose supervision the field survey was executed. If the land sought to be registered as a file plan is being deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter 501, the metes and bounds description shall be dated and signed by the licensed professional surveyor making the file plan, or under whose supervision the file plan was made. The boundaries of the land platted shall be described as running from left to right (clockwise) and the azimuth system shall be used in designating the courses of the survey with zero or 360 degrees at due South; 90 degrees at due West; 180 degrees at due North; 270 degrees at due East. Any printed or typewritten description filed separately with the file plan shall be recorded in the registry system and the book and page thereof noted on the file plan. Expense of recordation shall be charged to the owner. The initial point in the description shall clearly show the connection with the government triangulation system. All outside corners of the tract shall be substantially marked by monuments in the ground, where practicable; unless the land is being deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter 501. In all cases where tracts of land are subdivided into lots, with the intention of conveying separate lots by lot number and reference to the plat, it is necessary to show the true azimuths and lengths of all principal lines and the lot areas. A sufficient number of durable monuments shall be placed in the ground so as to accurately identify each lot, unless the land is being deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter 501. Any lands being deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter 501 shall not subdivide or consolidate when registering as a file plan, and only contiguous parcels shall be shown on the same plan. [L 1905, c 23, §2; am L 1915, c 68, §2; RL 1925, §3135; am L 1931, c 63, §3; RL 1935, §5121; RL 1945, §12721; am L 1951, c 200, §1; RL 1955, §343-12; HRS §502-18; am L 2021, c 187, §5] Cross References  References to book and page, see §502-31.5.
HI Rev Stat § 502-19 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-19 Plans on tracing cloth; size; scale.

  §502-19 Plans on tracing cloth; size; scale. All plans must be on tracing cloth of good quality, and shall be of one of the following sizes, the figures indicating inches: 10 x 15; 15 x 21; 21 x 32; 30 x 36; 36 x 42; or 42, 48, or 54 wide without restriction as to length; which plans shall be prepared and drawn according to some one of the following scales: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, or 5000 feet to an inch. [L 1905, c 23, §3; RL 1925, §3136; am L 1929, c 117, §1; am L 1931, c 63, §4; RL 1935, §5122; RL 1945, §12722; RL 1955, §343-13; HRS §502-19]
HI Rev Stat § 502-20 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-20 New maps for old.

  §502-20 New maps for old. The registrar at such times when the original tracings of filed plans and land court maps on file in the bureau of conveyances, are found to be in such condition that satisfactory blueprint copies thereof cannot be made, shall forward any such map or plan to the department of accounting and general services of the State, with the request that another tracing thereof be made. The department, on receipt of the request and map or plan, shall prepare another tracing thereof, and shall certify that same is a true copy of the original on file in the bureau of conveyances, and shall file the same, together with two certified blueprint copies, with the registrar. Any such certified tracing of a map or plan shall thereafter be regarded for all purposes as the original. [L 1927, c 167, § §1, 2, 3; RL 1935, §5123; RL 1945, §12723; RL 1955, §343-14; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; HRS §502-20]
HI Rev Stat § 502-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-21 Recording of plans unlawful.

  §502-21 Recording of plans unlawful. It shall not be lawful for the registrar to accept for record any plan of land, whether attached to, made a part of, or independent of, any deed, certified copy of judgment of condemnation, or other instrument; to the end and purpose that there shall be no plans recorded in the record books, but in substitution therefor there shall be a single method of filing plans in the archives of the bureau of conveyances; provided that where sketches, blueprints, or plans of land of a size not larger than 8 1/2 inches by 14 inches which legibly reproduces under photographic, electronic, or electrostatic methods are attached to instruments and made a part thereof by reference to the same in the instrument, the registrar may record the same in the record books by means of the photographic recorder, on payment of the fee as provided in section 502-25. [L 1905, c 23, §4; am L 1909, c 49, §1; RL 1925, §3137; am L 1931, c 63, §5; RL 1935, §5124; RL 1945, §12724; RL 1955, §343-15; am L 1966, c 26, §3; HRS §502-21; am L 2009, c 102, §2(13)]
HI Rev Stat § 502-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-22 Copies of plans furnished by registrar.

  §502-22 Copies of plans furnished by registrar. The registrar shall furnish, when so requested, copies of any map or plan filed in accordance with sections 502-17 to 502-21, duly certified by the registrar's seal of office, upon payment of the fee hereinafter mentioned. In addition, the registrar may authorize the department of accounting and general services to furnish, when so requested, copies of such maps or plans, subject to the payment of fees applicable to maps or plans furnished by the registrar. The copies of maps or plans may be furnished in photographic, electronic, or electrostatic form. [L 1909, c 49, §2; RL 1925, §3138; am L 1931, c 63, §6; RL 1935, §5125; RL 1945, §12725; RL 1955, §343-16; HRS §502-22; am L 1981, c 146, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 2009, c 102, §2(14)]
HI Rev Stat § 502-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-23 Sale or lease by reference to lots or blocks without filing of plans; penalty.

  §502-23 Sale or lease by reference to lots or blocks without filing of plans; penalty. Whoever lays out or subdivides a tract of land into lots or blocks and sells by lot number or block number or leases by lot number or block number any lot or block in any subdivision without first having filed in the bureau of conveyances a plan thereof, drawn in accordance with sections 502-17 to 502-22, or whoever sells by lot number or block number or leases by lot number or block number any lot or block in any subdivision, the plan of which subdivision is not on record or on file in the bureau of conveyances shall be fined not more than $50 for each lot or block or part thereof so sold or leased. This section and section 502-24 shall not apply to land held under chapter 501. [L 1911, c 46, §1; am L 1913, c 74, §1; RL 1925, §3139; RL 1935, §5126; RL 1945, §12726; RL 1955, §343-17; HRS §502-23]
HI Rev Stat § 502-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-24 Report of violations.

  §502-24 Report of violations. Whenever it comes to the knowledge of the registrar that section 502-23 has been violated the registrar shall notify the attorney general and the planning department of the county of the fact. [L 1911, c 46, §2; RL 1925, §3140; RL 1935, §5127; am L 1939, c 242, pt of §11; RL 1945, §12727; RL 1955, §343-18; HRS §502-24; am L 1972, c 125, §1(a); gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 502-25 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-25 Fees.

  §502-25 Fees. (a) Except when otherwise provided, fees for services rendered under this chapter shall be established by rules adopted by the department of land and natural resources, pursuant to chapter 91.  (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, of the fees received at the bureau of conveyances, the registrar of conveyances shall deposit to the credit of the state general fund $18 for each document recorded and shall deposit the remaining balance and all fees other than the special mortgage recording fee established pursuant to section 431P-16 and conveyance tax collected pursuant to section 247-1 to the credit of the bureau of conveyances special fund established under section 502-8.  (c) For recordation of the document of which the United States, State of Hawaii, or any county of the State of Hawaii is the grantee, no fees shall be charged. [CC 1859, §1251; am L 1888, c 13, §1; am L 1911, c 51, §1; am L 1913, c 73, §1; am L 1917, c 41, §1; RL 1925, §3141; am L 1927, c 74, §1; am L 1931, c 63, §7; am L 1932 2d, c 16, §1; am L 1933, c 129, §1; RL 1935, §5128; am L 1937, c 110, § §1, 2 and c 178, §1; RL 1945, §12728; am L 1947, c 157, §1; am L 1951, c 112, §1; am L 1955, c 247, §5; RL 1955, §343-19; am imp L 1966, c 26, §1; HRS §502-25; am L 1980, c 90, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 47, §8; am L 1992, c 197, §7; am L 1993, c 6, §28 and c 141, §3; am L 1999, c 125, §3; am L 2002, c 125, §2] Cross References  Disposition of fees received at the bureau of conveyances, see §501-23.5.
HI Rev Stat § 502-26 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-26 Copies of instruments, certificates.

  §502-26 Copies of instruments, certificates. (a) The registrar, when applied to, shall furnish an attested copy of any instrument or document recorded in the registrar's office, or of any fact appearing upon the registrar's records. The registrar may also issue nonattested documents or portions of any instrument or document recorded in the registrar's office in photographic, electronic, or electrostatic form. The registrar may issue certificates of search or encumbrance when personnel is available for the making of the certificate.  (b) Within ten days after the end of each week, the registrar shall deliver or forward by mail or electronic transmission, without charge, an image and index of all instruments or documents that have been recorded in the registrar's office during each week relating to land in all the counties, to the county designated to act as a central clearinghouse in a memorandum of understanding agreed upon by the counties. The central clearinghouse shall deliver the images and index to the other counties without charge. The index shall include the following for each instrument:  (1) Document number;  (2) Certificate number;  (3) Date of the filing;  (4) Type of document;  (5) Names of grantor and grantee;  (6) Current tax map key number; and  (7) Location by island. [CC 1859, §1264; RL 1925, §3142; RL 1935, §5129; RL 1945, §12729; am L 1951, c 141, §1; RL 1955, §343-20; am L 1966, c 26, §4; HRS §502-26; gen ch 1985; am L 1993, c 141, §4; am L 2009, c 57, §2 and c 102, §2(15)]
HI Rev Stat § 502-27 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-27 Charges.

 §502-27 Charges. (a) Except when otherwise provided, fees for the use of microfilms of documents recorded in the bureau of conveyances for the purpose of making duplicates shall be established by rules adopted by the department of land and natural resources pursuant to chapter 91.  (b) Frame charges for duplicating microfilm shall not be assessed against any agency of the State or counties thereof. [L 1974, c 7, §1; am L 1999, c 125, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 502-31.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-31.5 Reference in other sections.

  §502-31.5 Reference in other sections. Any reference throughout the Hawaii Revised Statutes to book and page after December 31, 1989, shall also refer to book and page or document number. [L 1989, c 47, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 502-32 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-32 Instrument recorded as of time of delivery; office hours.

  §502-32 Instrument recorded as of time of delivery; office hours. Every instrument entitled by law to be recorded, shall be recorded in the order and as of the time when the same is delivered to the registrar for that purpose, and shall be considered as recorded from the time of such delivery; provided that it shall not be lawful for the registrar to accept or enter for record and record any instrument or other paper on any Sunday or legal holiday, or on any Saturday that the registrar's office remains closed pursuant to law, or on any other day except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. It is further provided that it shall be lawful for the registrar to enter into a written agreement with any person or association, which agreement authorizes an instrument to be recorded at 8:01 a.m. on a day subsequent to its delivery to the registrar. [CC 1859, §1260; am L 1905, c 7, §2; am L 1911, c 59, §1; am L 1923, c 37, §1; RL 1925, §3144; RL 1935, §5131; RL 1945, §12731; am L 1955, c 152, §1; RL 1955, §343-22; HRS §502-32; am L 1974, c 13, §2; am L 1989, c 47, §10]
HI Rev Stat § 502-34 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-34 Grantee's address in deed.

  §502-34 Grantee's address in deed. The registrar shall not record any deed unless it contains or has endorsed upon it the address of the grantee. This section does not apply to any deed executed prior to July 1, 1951. [L 1951, c 38, §1; RL 1955, §343-24; HRS §502-34; am L 1989, c 47, §12]
HI Rev Stat § 502-42 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-42 Certificate, contents.

  §502-42 Certificate, contents. The certificate of acknowledgment shall state in substance that the person who executed the instrument appeared before the notary public granting the certificate and acknowledged or stated that the person executed the same, and that the person was personally known to the notary public granting the certificate to be the person whose name is subscribed to the instrument as a party thereto, or was proved to be the party by the oath or affirmation of a credible witness known to the notary public whose name shall be inserted in the certificate or by other satisfactory evidence of identity under the laws of this State. If the person who executed the instrument appeared before a notary public as a remotely located individual under section 456-23, then the certificate shall indicate that the notarial act was performed using communication technology in a manner provided in section 456-23. It shall not be grounds for the rejection of any certificate, or for refusing to accept the instrument for record or in evidence, that the certificate fails to state that the person making the acknowledgment stated or acknowledged that the instrument was executed freely or voluntarily by the person or as the person's free act and deed. [L 1872, c 28, §2; RL 1925, §3147; RL 1935, §5134; am L 1943, c 197, §2; RL 1945, §12734; RL 1955, §343-26; HRS §502-42; gen ch 1985; am L 2020, c 54, §20] Case Notes  Policy of law is to uphold certificates of acknowledgment when substance is found. 15 H. 570, 573 (1904); 16 H. 294, 299 (1904); 18 H. 179, 184 (1907).  Deed valid as between parties, even if not properly acknowledged. 49 H. 62, 63, 412 P.2d 326 (1966). See 2 H. 161, 163 (1859); 17 H. 56, 58 (1905).
HI Rev Stat § 502-43 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-43 Form when person unknown.

  §502-43 Form when person unknown. When the person offering the acknowledgment is unknown to the officer taking the acknowledgment, the certificate may be substantially in the following form, to-wit: State of Hawaii ) ss. County of .........................)  On ............(insert date), personally appeared before me A.B., satisfactorily proved to me to be the person described in and who executed the within instrument, by the oath of C.D., a credible witness for that purpose, to me known and by me duly sworn, and the person, A.B., acknowledged that the person executed the same freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein set forth. [L 1872, c 28, §4; RL 1925, §3149; RL 1935, §5135; RL 1945, §12735; RL 1955, §343-27; HRS §502-43; am L 1972, c 125, §1(c); am L 1992, c 197, §11; am L 2006, c 38, §19]
HI Rev Stat § 502-44 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-44 Married women.

  §502-44 Married women. The acknowledgment of a married woman when required by law may be taken in the same form as if she were sole and without any examination separate and apart from her husband. [L 1909, c 69, §2; RL 1925, §3150; RL 1935, §5136; RL 1945, §12736; RL 1955, §343-28; HRS §502-44]
HI Rev Stat § 502-45 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-45 Acknowledgments without the State.

  §502-45 Acknowledgments without the State. The proof or acknowledgment of any deed or other written instrument required to be proved or acknowledged in order to enable the same to be recorded or read in evidence, when made by any person without the State and within any other state, territory, district, or dependency of the United States, may be made before any officer of the state, territory, district, or dependency authorized by the laws thereof to take proof and acknowledgment of deeds and when so taken, and when the certificate of acknowledgment is in a form sufficient to entitle deeds of real property to be recorded in the appropriate office for recording in such state, territory, district, or dependency or in the form provided or permitted by any of sections 502-41 to 502-43, shall be entitled to be recorded and may be read in evidence in the State. The signature of such officer constitutes prima facie evidence that the acknowledgment is taken in accordance with the laws of the place where made and of the authority of the officer to take the acknowledgment. If the record of any such instrument, or a transcript thereof, is used in evidence in any proceeding the burden shall be on the party relying on such record to prove that the instrument was duly executed, in any proceeding where such fact is asserted by such party and is in dispute. The burden may be met by proof made in the manner provided in section 502-46. [L 1909, c 69, §3; RL 1925, §3151; RL 1935, §5137; am L 1943, c 197, §3; RL 1945, §12737; RL 1955, §343-29; am L 1963, c 83, §1; HRS §502-45]