HRS §502-81
When a document can be recorded and used as proof
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if a deed or other document is properly acknowledged or proved and certified by an approved officer, it can be used as evidence in court without extra proof, and it can be recorded. It only covers the effect of proper certification, not the details of the process.
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The statute, as written — Instruments may be recorded; as evidence
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 conveyance or other instrument, acknowledged or proved, and certified in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, by any of the officers before named, may be read in evidence without further proof thereof, and is entitled to be recorded. [CC 1859, §1258; am imp L 1917, c 207, §1; am L 1921, c 34, §1; RL 1925, §3168; RL 1935, §5154; RL 1945, §12754; RL 1955, §343-47; HRS §502-81]
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