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HRS §502-71

Keeping a record of every acknowledgment

Officials who are allowed to take acknowledgments must also keep a separate record book. For each acknowledgment, they must write down the date, the parties, who acknowledged, and what the document is about.

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The statute, as written — Record of acknowledgments to be kept

All judges and other officers authorized by law to take acknowledgments to instruments, besides the certificate of acknowledgment indorsed upon the instrument, shall keep a record of every acknowledgment in a book of records. Each record shall set forth at least the date of acknowledgment, the parties to the instrument, the persons acknowledging, the date, and some memorandum as to the nature of the instrument acknowledged.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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