HRS §456-10
Notary duties for business records
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗When asked, a notary must write down losses or damages (or feared losses or damages) from sea or land, plus average losses and other business matters that are part of a notary's usual job. The notary must also formally record a protest about them.
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The statute, as written — Duties, by mercantile usage
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.
It shall be a notary public's duty, when requested, to enter on record all losses or damages sustained or apprehended, by sea or land, and also all averages, and such other matters as, by mercantile usage, appertain to the notary's office, and cause protest thereof to be made, duly and formally. [CC 1859, §1269; RL 1925, §3177; RL 1935, §5203; RL 1945, §7670; RL 1955, §168-10; HRS §456-10; gen ch 1985]
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