HRS §431:20-105
What title insurers can do in Hawaii
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A title insurance company must have a license from the state insurance commissioner to do business in Hawaii. If licensed, it can sell title insurance and also insure that certain documents, like mortgages and bonds, are valid and properly recorded.
The statute, as written — Authorized business
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.
(a) Each title insurer may engage in the title insurance business in this State if licensed to do so by the commissioner. (b) Each domestic title insurer may issue policies and may also insure: (1) The identity, due execution, and validity of any note or bond secured by mortgage; (2) The identity, due execution, validity, recording of any such mortgage; and (3) The identity, due execution, and validity of evidences of indebtedness issued by this State, by any political subdivision or district therein, or by any private or public corporation.
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