HRS §502-53
Acknowledgment certificates must follow state rules to be valid
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A certificate proving someone signed a document is only valid in Hawaii courts or recordable if it follows this chapter's rules. Certificates made before July 29, 1872, are still valid despite these rules.
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The statute, as written — No certificate of acknowledgment contrary hereto valid in court or entitled to be recorded; exception
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.
No certificate of acknowledgment contrary to this chapter is valid in any court of the State, nor is it entitled to be recorded in the bureau of conveyances, but no certificate of acknowledgment executed before July 29, 1872, shall in consequence of anything in this chapter contained be deemed invalid.
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