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HRS §490:7-506

Getting a signature on a document you received

If you receive a paper title document that needs the seller's signature to be valid, you can force them to sign it. The transfer only counts as a full negotiation once they sign.

buyers

The statute, as written — Delivery without indorsement: right to compel indorsement

The transferee of a negotiable tangible document of title has a specifically enforceable right to have its transferor supply any necessary indorsement, but the transfer becomes a negotiation only as of the time the indorsement is supplied.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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