HRS §506-4
When a mortgage can affect another recorded mortgage or lease
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A mortgage only works as a contract between the people who signed it. It does not create a legal claim on another recorded mortgage or lease unless a specific reference to that other document is recorded in Honolulu.
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The statute, as written — Interests in recorded mortgages and leases
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.
The mortgage shall operate only as a contract between the parties with respect to, and shall not create a lien upon, any recorded mortgage or lease, unless and until a specific reference to the mortgage or lease in the manner contemplated by section 502-33 is contained in an instrument or affidavit executed by the mortgagor or mortgagee and duly recorded in the bureau of conveyances at Honolulu.
Sections this one refers to
§502-33 Rules for recording documents that refer to earlier records
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