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HRS §501-23.5

Where recording fees go

This section says how the Bureau of Conveyances splits the money it collects from recording documents. It tells where the registrar must put the fees. It does not set the fee amounts or change other laws.

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The statute, as written — Disposition of fees received at the bureau of conveyances

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, of the fees received at the bureau of conveyances, the registrar of conveyances shall deposit to the credit of the state general fund $18 for each document recorded and shall deposit the remaining balance and all fees other than the temporary recording fee established pursuant to section 431P-20 and conveyance tax collected pursuant to section 247-1 to the credit of the bureau of conveyances special fund established under section 502-8.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§247-1 Real Estate Transfer Tax

§431P-20 Temporary recording fee: how it starts, changes, and ends

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