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HRS §502-74

Fine for not keeping or depositing acknowledgment records

Officers who take acknowledgments must keep records and deposit them with a court clerk. If they fail to do either, they can be fined between $50 and $250. The fine can be collected from the officer or their estate.

notaries

The statute, as written — Penalty for not keeping

Any of the officers to take acknowledgments who fails to keep the record directed by section 502-71, or upon failure to deposit the same with a clerk of a court of record as directed, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $250, which may be recovered of such officer, or the officer's personal representatives.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§502-71 Keeping a record of every acknowledgment

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