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HI Rev Stat § 502-46 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-46 Same; certificate of authority of officer.

  §502-46 Same; certificate of authority of officer. The burden of proving due execution of any conveyance or written instrument, acknowledged or proved under section 502-45, may be met by any admissible evidence sufficient for that purpose and shall also be met if at the time of recording or thereafter there is indorsed, subjoined, or attached to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment, signed by such officer, a certificate of the secretary of state of the state or territory in which such officer resides, under the seal of the state or territory, or a certificate of the clerk of a court of record of the state, territory, or district in the county in which the officer resides or in which the officer took such proof or acknowledgment, under the seal of the court, or a certificate of the executive officer or clerk of a court of record of such dependency, authorized to make such certificate, stating that the officer was, at the time of taking the proof or acknowledgment, duly authorized to take acknowledgments and proofs of deeds of lands in the state, territory, district, or dependency, and that the secretary of state, or other authorized executive officer, or clerk of court, is well acquainted with the handwriting of the officer taking the acknowledgment or proof, and that the secretary of state, executive officer, or clerk verily believes that the signature affixed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.   The authentication of the proof or acknowledgment of a deed or other written instrument when taken without the State and within any other state, territory, or district of the United States, shall be in substantially the following form:   (Begin with a caption specifying the state, territory, or district, and county or place, where the authentication is made.)   I,....................., clerk of the.................... in and for said county which court is a court of record, having a seal (or I,....................., the secretary of state of said state or territory) do hereby certify that...................... by and before whom the foregoing acknowledgment (or proof) was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a notary public (or other officer) residing (or authorized to act) in the county, and was duly authorized by the laws of the state (territory or district) to take and certify acknowledgment or proofs of deeds of land in the state (territory or district), and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of......................, and that I verily believe that the signature to the certificate of acknowledgment (or proof) is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court (or state) this....day of...., 19..... [L 1909, c 69, §4; RL 1925, §3152; RL 1935, §5138; am L 1943, c 197, §4; RL 1945, §12738; RL 1955, §343-30; am L 1963, c 83, §2; HRS §502-46; gen ch 1985] Revision Note  In second paragraph, "proof or acknowledgment" substituted for "proof of acknowledgment".
HI Rev Stat § 502-48 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-48 Identification of person making.

  §502-48 Identification of person making. No acknowledgment of any conveyance or other instrument, except as provided by this chapter, whereby any real estate is conveyed or may be affected, shall be taken, unless the person offering to make the acknowledgment is personally known to the notary public taking the acknowledgment to be the person whose name is subscribed to the conveyance or instrument as a party thereto, or is proved to be such by the oath or affirmation of a credible witness known to the notary public, or by production of a valid identification card or document issued by the United States, this State, any other state, or a national government that contains the bearer's photograph and signature, or by obtaining satisfactory evidence of identity of a remotely located individual under section 456-23. [L 1909, c 69, §6; RL 1925, §3154; RL 1935, §5140; RL 1945, §12740; RL 1955, §343-32; HRS §502-48; am L 1995, c 141, §4; am L 2020, c 54, §21]
HI Rev Stat § 502-49 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-49 Certificate of officer, or judge, necessary.

  §502-49 Certificate of officer, or judge, necessary. Every officer who takes the acknowledgment of any instrument shall indorse, subjoin, or attach a certificate thereof, signed by oneself, on the instrument.   Every judge who takes the proof of any instrument shall indorse, subjoin, or attach a certificate thereof, signed by oneself, on the instrument, giving the names of the witnesses examined before the judge, their places of residence, and the substance of the evidence by them given. [L 1909, c 69, §7; RL 1925, §3155; RL 1935, §5141; RL 1945, §12741; RL 1955, §343-33; HRS §502-49; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 502-51 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-51 Exemption of instruments offered on behalf of United States.

  §502-51 Exemption of instruments offered on behalf of United States. In the case of any deed, lease, mortgage, lien, notice, agreement, or other instrument offered for recordation by any judicial, executive, or administrative officer of the United States, acting in the officer's official capacity, or by any duly authorized officer or agent of any agency or instrumentality of the United States created by or under federal or state law, acting in the officer's or agent's official capacity, it shall not be necessary that the instrument, where the instrument is required to be signed by the officer or agent, be acknowledged before a notary public by the officer or agent, and the registrar of conveyances shall accept the instrument for recordation, when the signature of the duly authorized officer or agent, together with the official seal, if any, is attached to the instrument for recordation. [L 1923, c 167, §1; RL 1925, §3157; am L Sp 1933, c 36, §1; RL 1935, §5143; RL 1945, §12743; RL 1955, §343-35; HRS §502-51; gen ch 1985; am L 1993, c 141, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 502-52 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-52 Signatures of certain state officers, acknowledgments not required.

  §502-52 Signatures of certain state officers, acknowledgments not required. In the case of an official signature entitled to be judicially noticed pursuant to section 626-1, rule 901 or 902, the signature shall suffice to show due execution by the officer signing the instrument and the officer is not required to acknowledge the instrument in order to entitle it to be recorded. [L 1945, c 84, §2; RL 1955, §343-36; HRS §502-52; am L 1985, c 68, §19]
HI Rev Stat § 502-53 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-53 No certificate of acknowledgment contrary hereto valid in court or entitled to be recorded; exception.

  §502-53 No certificate of acknowledgment contrary hereto valid in court or entitled to be recorded; exception. No certificate of acknowledgment contrary to this chapter is valid in any court of the State, nor is it entitled to be recorded in the bureau of conveyances, but no certificate of acknowledgment executed before July 29, 1872, shall in consequence of anything in this chapter contained be deemed invalid. [L 1909, c 69, §9; RL 1925, §3158; RL 1935, §5144; RL 1945, §12744; RL 1955, §343-37; HRS §502-53] Case Notes  Cited: 26 H. 121, 123 (1921).
HI Rev Stat § 502-54 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-54 Penalty for false certificate.

  §502-54 Penalty for false certificate. Any officer authorized to take acknowledgments to instruments who knowingly incorporates in the certificate of acknowledgment any false or misleading statement as to the facts therein contained, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Nothing in this section shall be construed to do away with the liability for civil damages for such act. [L 1882, c 41; am L 1903, c 8, §2; RL 1925, §3159; RL 1935, §5145; am L 1941, c 22, §1; RL 1945, §12745; RL 1955, §343-38; HRS §502-54]
HI Rev Stat § 502-61 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-61 Changes noted in instrument.

Note Sections 502-61 to 502-64 designated as Part VI and part heading amended by L 2009, c 102, §2(7).   §502-61 Changes noted in instrument. Every notary public or the officer authorized to take acknowledgments to instruments, before taking any acknowledgment, shall first carefully inspect any instrument proposed to be acknowledged before the notary public or officer, and ascertain whether there are any interlineations, erasures, or changes in the instrument. If there are any interlineations, erasures, or changes, the notary public or officer shall call the attention thereto of the person offering to acknowledge the instrument. If they are approved, the acknowledging officer shall place the officer's initials in the margin of the instrument opposite each interlineation, erasure, or change. The initialing by the officer taking the acknowledgment is prima facie evidence of the extent of the interlineations, erasures, or changes and of the fact that the same were made prior to acknowledgment of the instrument, but does not preclude proof to the contrary. [L 1896, c 55, §1; RL 1925, §3160; RL 1935, §5146; RL 1945, §12746; RL 1955, §343-39; am L 1963, c 83, §4; HRS §502-61; gen ch 1985] Case Notes  Cited: 26 H. 121, 123 (1921).
HI Rev Stat § 502-62 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-62 Penalty for not noting changes.

  §502-62 Penalty for not noting changes. Every notary public or other person authorized to take acknowledgments to instruments who takes the acknowledgment of any person to any instrument in which there are interlineations, erasures, or changes, and who fails to observe or perform the requirements, or any of them, of section 502-61, shall be fined not more than $200. [L 1896, c 55, §2; am L 1903, c 8, §2; RL 1925, §3161; RL 1935, §5147; RL 1945, §12747; RL 1955, §343-40; HRS §502-62]
HI Rev Stat § 502-63 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-63 Not recorded unless initialed.

  §502-63 Not recorded unless initialed. No instrument acknowledged in the State of Hawaii in which there are interlineations, erasures, or changes shall be recorded by the registrar, unless the same are duly initialed by the officer or officers taking the acknowledgment or acknowledgments to the same in the State of Hawaii.  No instrument acknowledged outside of the State of Hawaii in which there are interlineations, erasures, or changes shall be recorded by the registrar, unless the same are duly initialed by either:  (1) The parties to such instrument; or  (2) The officer or officers taking the acknowledgment or acknowledgments to the same. [L 1896, c 55, §3; RL 1925, §3162; RL 1935, §5148; RL 1945, §12748; RL 1955, §343-41; am L 1963, c 83, §5; HRS §502-63; am L 1992, c 197, §12]
HI Rev Stat § 502-64 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-64 REPEALED.

  §502-64 REPEALED. L 1992, c 197, §14.
HI Rev Stat § 502-71 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-71 Record of acknowledgments to be kept.

Note Sections 502-71 to 502-74 designated as Part VII and part heading amended by L 2009, c 102, §2(8).   §502-71 Record of acknowledgments to be kept. All judges and other officers authorized by law to take acknowledgments to instruments, besides the certificate of acknowledgment indorsed upon the instrument, shall keep a record of every acknowledgment in a book of records. Each record shall set forth at least the date of acknowledgment, the parties to the instrument, the persons acknowledging, the date, and some memorandum as to the nature of the instrument acknowledged. [L 1888, c 18, §1; RL 1925, §3164; RL 1935, §5150; RL 1945, §12750; RL 1955, §343-43; HRS §502-71]
HI Rev Stat § 502-72 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-72 Disposition of records.

  §502-72 Disposition of records. The books of record so kept shall every five years, and upon the resignation, death, or removal from office of such judge or other officer, be deposited with the clerk of the circuit court of the judicial circuit for and in which the judge or other officer was or is authorized to act. [L 1888, c 18, §2; RL 1925, §3165; RL 1935, §5151; am L 1941, c 322, §7; RL 1945, §12751; RL 1955, §343-44; HRS §502-72; am L 2020, c 54, §22]
HI Rev Stat § 502-73 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-73 Same, open to inspection.

  §502-73 Same, open to inspection. The clerks of the circuit courts shall carefully preserve the books of record deposited with them as provided by section 502-72, filing the same with the records of the court. The records, both while in the custody of the acknowledging officers and after such filing, shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any responsible person, without fee or reward. [L 1888, c 18, §3; RL 1925, §3166; RL 1935, §5152; RL 1945, §12752; RL 1955, §343-45; HRS §502-73; am L 1972, c 125, §1(e)]
HI Rev Stat § 502-74 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-74 Penalty for not keeping.

  §502-74 Penalty for not keeping. Any of the officers to take acknowledgments who fails to keep the record directed by section 502-71, or upon failure to deposit the same with a clerk of a court of record as directed, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $250, which may be recovered of such officer, or the officer's personal representatives. [L 1888, c 18, pt of §4; am L 1903, c 8, §2; RL 1925, §3167; RL 1935, §5153; RL 1945, §12753; RL 1955, §343-46; HRS §502-74; am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 502-81 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-81 Instruments may be recorded; as evidence.

Note Sections 502-81 to 502-85 designated as Part VIII and part heading amended by L 2009, c 102, §2(9).   §502-81 Instruments may be recorded; as evidence. Every conveyance or other instrument, acknowledged or proved, and certified in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, by any of the officers before named, may be read in evidence without further proof thereof, and is entitled to be recorded. [CC 1859, §1258; am imp L 1917, c 207, §1; am L 1921, c 34, §1; RL 1925, §3168; RL 1935, §5154; RL 1945, §12754; RL 1955, §343-47; HRS §502-81] Case Notes  Deed of corporation admissible in evidence, when. 18 H. 412, 413 (1907).  Where due execution shown instrument admissible in evidence even if certificate of acknowledgment invalid. 26 H. 121 (1921).  Agreement between grantee named in a deed and another declaring that both had interests in the land and setting out terms of their arrangement, entitled to be recorded. 32 H. 323, 325 (1932).
HI Rev Stat § 502-82 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-82 Record or copy as evidence.

  §502-82 Record or copy as evidence. The record of an instrument duly recorded, or a transcript thereof, duly certified, may also be read in evidence, with like force and effect as the original instrument. Neither the certificate of acknowledgment, nor the proof of any instrument, is conclusive, but may be rebutted, and the force and effect thereof may be contested by any party affected thereby. If the party contesting the proof of an instrument makes it appear that the proof was taken upon the oath of an interested or incompetent witness, neither the instrument nor the record thereof shall be received in evidence until established by other competent proof. [CC 1859, §1259; RL 1925, §3169; RL 1935, §5155; RL 1945, §12755; RL 1955, §343-48; HRS §502-82] Case Notes  Record may be offered to impeach original by showing alteration in description after recording. 14 H. 276, 278 (1902).  Record or certified copy admissible though original produced. 14 H. 276, 277 (1902).  Certificate not conclusive. 16 H. 294, 300 (1904). See 18 H. 412, 413 (1907).  Presumption of regularity raised by acknowledgment. 25 H. 470, 473 (1920); 49 H. 62, 73, 412 P.2d 326 (1966).
HI Rev Stat § 502-83 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-83 Effect of not recording deeds, leases, etc.

  §502-83 Effect of not recording deeds, leases, etc. All deeds, leases for a term of more than one year, mortgages of any interest in real estate, or other conveyances of real estate within the State, shall be recorded in the bureau of conveyances. Every such conveyance not so recorded is void as against any subsequent purchaser, lessee, or mortgagee, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, not having actual notice of the conveyance of the same real estate, or any portion thereof, or interest therein, whose conveyance is first duly recorded. [CC 1859, §1262; RL 1925, §3170; RL 1935, §5156; RL 1945, §12756; RL 1955, §343-49; am L 1963, c 83, §6; HRS §502-83] Law Journals and Reviews  Later mortgagee having actual notice of earlier mortgage is not entitled to priority merely because earlier mortgage omitted page and book references required by § §502-33 and 506-4. Haw Supp, IV HBJ, no. 3, at 30 (1966). Case Notes  Under early law, time for recording was limited. See 1 H. 67 (114) (single justice) (1852); 1 H. 229 (409) (single justice) (1856).  Subsequent deed or lease, though recorded, will not prevail against unrecorded deed or lease of which there was actual notice. 2 H. 166 (single justice) (1859); 3 H. 274 (1871); 4 H. 384 (1881). But will prevail where no actual notice. 4 H. 675 (1876).  Actual possession under unrecorded deed is constructive notice; subsequent purchase not in good faith. 5 H. 298 (1885); 25 H. 494, 505 (1920); 26 H. 342, 349 (1922). See 19 H. 602, 611 (1909).  Assignment of lease good against creditors though levy made before recording of assignment. 16 H. 731 (1905). Compare 26 H. 342 (1922).  Mortgage of a leasehold must be recorded under this section. 23 H. 706, 709 (1917).  Recording is notice to one bound to search the records, otherwise not. 26 H. 809, 820 (1923).  Subsequent purchaser not protected, though in good faith, unless purchaser records first. 32 H. 323, 326 (1932); 32 H. 883, 895 (1933).  Knowledge of negotiations for a sale of no significance and such notice does not defeat mortgage. 32 H. 883 (1933).  Cited: 911 F. Supp. 2d 916 (2012); 6 H. 114 (single justice) (1873).  Mentioned: 920 F. Supp. 1080 (1996).
HI Rev Stat § 502-84 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-84 Powers of attorney, etc.

  §502-84 Powers of attorney, etc. All articles of marriage settlement and powers of attorney for the transfer of real property within the State shall be recorded in the bureau of conveyances, in default of which no such instrument shall be binding to the detriment of third parties or conclusive upon their rights and interests. [CC 1859, §1263; am L 1911, c 20, §1; am imp L 1915, c 47, § §2, 3; am L 1919, c 3, pt of §1; RL 1925, §3171; RL 1935, §5157; RL 1945, §12757; RL 1955, §343-50; HRS §502-84; am L 1972, c 125, §1(f)] Case Notes  Section inapplicable to instrument not within its terms. 8 H. 8 (1889).  Lack of recording does not affect validity of lease as between parties. 17 H. 87, 89 (1905).  Purchaser at execution sale prevails as against prior deed executed under unrecorded power of attorney even if purchaser at execution sale had knowledge of the power of attorney. 18 H. 25 (1906).  Unrecorded power of attorney for transfer of real estate is valid for some purposes. 18 H. 25, 26 (1906).  Cited: 71 F. Supp. 1, 4 (1947), aff'd 172 F.2d 384 (1949).
HI Rev Stat § 502-91 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-91 Old records.

Note Sections 502-91 to 502-95 designated as Part IX and part heading amended by L 2009, c 102, §2(10).   §502-91 Old records. All records of instruments made in the bureau of conveyances, before July 10, 1850, whether in the book required by law or otherwise, are deemed to have been duly recorded.   All conveyances of real and personal property made and executed before April 27, 1846, and all pledges of property, real and personal, executed before such date, the conditions of which had not been fulfilled before the promulgation of the Act of April 27, 1846, shall, if not recorded in the bureau of conveyances at the instance and expense of the grantee or mortgagee, within ninety days after the promulgation, be void in law as against subsequent grantees and mortgagees of the same property, not having notice of the existence of such previous conveyances or pledges. [L 1846, p 249; CC 1859, §1265; CC 1859, p 374; RL 1925, §3173; RL 1935, §5159; RL 1945, §12760; RL 1955, §343-53; HRS §502-91]
HI Rev Stat § 502-92 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-92 Copies of old records.

  §502-92 Copies of old records. The registrar shall prepare photographic, electronic, or electrostatic copies of the records and record books in the bureau of conveyances which by reason of age, usage, or otherwise are in such condition that they can no longer be conveniently used or consulted without danger of destruction thereof, and certify to the correctness of such copies. The certified copies, and prints made from them and similarly certified, may be read in evidence with the same force and effect as the original instrument. The correctness of such copies is not conclusive but may be rebutted. All such records and record books from which the copies are made shall be deposited with the department of accounting and general services in its public archives. The registrar may convert into electronic form information or documents recorded before the registrar was given the authority to record electronic documents. [L 1931, c 45, §2; RL 1935, §5160; RL 1945, §12761; RL 1955, §343-54; am L 1963, c 107, §5; am imp L 1966, c 26, §1; HRS §502-92; am L 2009, c 102, §2(17)]
HI Rev Stat § 502-93 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-93 Retyping judgment registers.

  §502-93 Retyping judgment registers. The registrar of conveyances may, when retyping the old circuit court and district court judgment registers, delete from the retyped registers all those entries which the registers show have theretofore been fully paid, released, or discharged, and also delete from the retyped registers any judgment entries which have theretofore expired by reason of the statute of limitations and which shall be considered duly paid and discharged. [L 1955, JR 26, §1; RL 1955, §343-54.5; HRS §502-93]