HRS §502-62
Fine for not noting changes on documents
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that a notary or other official who takes an acknowledgment on a document with changes, erasures, or interlineations must follow the rules in section 502-61. If they do not, they can be fined up to $200.
notaries
The statute, as written — Penalty for not noting changes
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.
Every notary public or other person authorized to take acknowledgments to instruments who takes the acknowledgment of any person to any instrument in which there are interlineations, erasures, or changes, and who fails to observe or perform the requirements, or any of them, of section 502-61, shall be fined not more than $200.
Sections this one refers to
§502-61 Changes noted in instrument
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