HRS §502-54
Penalty for false acknowledgment certificates
This section punishes officers who knowingly put false or misleading statements in an acknowledgment certificate. They can be fined or jailed. It also says they can still be sued for damages.
notaries
The statute, as written — Penalty for false certificate
Any officer authorized to take acknowledgments to instruments who knowingly incorporates in the certificate of acknowledgment any false or misleading statement as to the facts therein contained, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Nothing in this section shall be construed to do away with the liability for civil damages for such act.
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