HRS §247-5
How the tax seal is put on documents
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says the tax is shown as paid by putting a seal on the document. The seal must show the amount paid and be put on before the document is recorded or filed. The tax department can require you to bring the document to their office for a check or to get the seal.
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The statute, as written — Imprinting of seal
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The tax shall be evidenced as paid by the imprinting of an appropriate seal or seals on the document or instrument, which imprinting or seal itself shall indicate on its face the amount of the tax paid. The seal or seals shall be so imprinted upon the payment of the tax, together with the appropriate penalty and interest where applicable, and, in any event, prior to the recordation or filing of the document or instrument with the registrar of conveyances or the assistant registrar of the land court. For the purposes of this chapter, the director may require that the documents or instruments be brought to any of the various offices of the department of taxation for an examination of the instrument or document, or for the purpose of having the seal imprinted on the document or instrument.
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