HRS §502-74
Fine for not keeping or depositing acknowledgment records
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗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
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.
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.
Sections this one refers to
§502-71 Keeping a record of every acknowledgment
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