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HRS §431:20-105

What title insurers can do in Hawaii

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) 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.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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