Hawaii Notary Questions and Answers
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• Notary Public is a public officer whose functions include -✓✓(1)
administering oaths;
(2) witnessing the signing of documents;
(3) attesting to the identity of the signers of the document;
(4) noting protests; and
(5) taking acknowledgments of documents.
• Alter -✓✓means to change by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion,
insertion of new content, or transposition on content
• "Personally knowing" -✓✓having a acquaintance, derived from
association with the individual which establishes the individual's identity
with at least a reasonable certainty
• "Proof of the signer's signature and identity -✓✓means proof
evidenced by production of a current identification card or document
issued by the United States, this State, any other state or a national
government that contains the bearer's photograph and signature
• Appointment -✓✓1) The attorney general may, in the attorney
general's discretion, appoint and commission such number of notaries
public for the State as the attorney general deems necessary for the
public good and convenience.
• Term -✓✓The term of office of a notary public shall be four years
from the date of the notary's commission, unless sooner
, • Renewal -✓✓Each notary public shall be responsible for renewing the
notary public's commission on a timely basis and satisfying the renewal
requirements provided by law.
If NOT, commission may be forfeited, if the attorney general finds that
the failure was done knowingly; provided that a forfeited commission
may be restored by the attorney general within one year after the date of
forfeiture upon compliance with the commission renewal requirements
provided by law and upon written application and payment of all
applicable fees.
• Powers and duties of the attorney general -✓✓(1) Issue notary public
commissions to applicants pursuant to this chapter;
(2) Adopt, amend, or repeal rules pursuant to chapter 91;
(3) Suspend or revoke any commission for any cause prescribed by this
chapter or for any violation of the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter,
and refuse to issue any commission for any cause that would be grounds
for suspension or revocation of a commission; and
(4) Impose administrative fines for any cause prescribed by this chapter
or for any violation of the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
• Seal -✓✓Every notary public shall constantly keep an a rubber stamp
facsimile seal which shall clearly show, when embossed, stamped, or
impressed upon a document, only the notary's name, the notary's
commission number, and the words, "notary public" and "State of
Hawaii".
• Record; copies as evidence -✓✓- Section 456-15
- Every notary shall record in record book all, acts., protest, deposition
and the other things done in notary's capacity.
1) Notarial Act's:
- Type
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• Notary Public is a public officer whose functions include -✓✓(1)
administering oaths;
(2) witnessing the signing of documents;
(3) attesting to the identity of the signers of the document;
(4) noting protests; and
(5) taking acknowledgments of documents.
• Alter -✓✓means to change by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion,
insertion of new content, or transposition on content
• "Personally knowing" -✓✓having a acquaintance, derived from
association with the individual which establishes the individual's identity
with at least a reasonable certainty
• "Proof of the signer's signature and identity -✓✓means proof
evidenced by production of a current identification card or document
issued by the United States, this State, any other state or a national
government that contains the bearer's photograph and signature
• Appointment -✓✓1) The attorney general may, in the attorney
general's discretion, appoint and commission such number of notaries
public for the State as the attorney general deems necessary for the
public good and convenience.
• Term -✓✓The term of office of a notary public shall be four years
from the date of the notary's commission, unless sooner
, • Renewal -✓✓Each notary public shall be responsible for renewing the
notary public's commission on a timely basis and satisfying the renewal
requirements provided by law.
If NOT, commission may be forfeited, if the attorney general finds that
the failure was done knowingly; provided that a forfeited commission
may be restored by the attorney general within one year after the date of
forfeiture upon compliance with the commission renewal requirements
provided by law and upon written application and payment of all
applicable fees.
• Powers and duties of the attorney general -✓✓(1) Issue notary public
commissions to applicants pursuant to this chapter;
(2) Adopt, amend, or repeal rules pursuant to chapter 91;
(3) Suspend or revoke any commission for any cause prescribed by this
chapter or for any violation of the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter,
and refuse to issue any commission for any cause that would be grounds
for suspension or revocation of a commission; and
(4) Impose administrative fines for any cause prescribed by this chapter
or for any violation of the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
• Seal -✓✓Every notary public shall constantly keep an a rubber stamp
facsimile seal which shall clearly show, when embossed, stamped, or
impressed upon a document, only the notary's name, the notary's
commission number, and the words, "notary public" and "State of
Hawaii".
• Record; copies as evidence -✓✓- Section 456-15
- Every notary shall record in record book all, acts., protest, deposition
and the other things done in notary's capacity.
1) Notarial Act's:
- Type
