(a) The attorney general shall charge and collect the following fees for:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 456-9

  • Acknowledgment: means a declaration by a person before a notary public that the person has signed a document for the purpose stated in the document and, if the document is signed in a representative capacity, that the person signed the document with proper authority and signed it as the act of the person or entity identified in the document. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 456-1.6
  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 456-1.6
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Notarial act: includes taking an acknowledgment, administering an oath or affirmation, taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, witnessing or attesting a signature, certifying or attesting a copy, and noting a protest of a negotiable instrument. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 456-1.6
  • Notary public: means an individual commissioned to perform a notarial act by the attorney general under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 456-1.6
  • Stamping device: means :

    (1) A physical device capable of stamping or impressing upon a tangible document a notary seal; or

    (2) An electronic device or process capable of attaching to, or logically associating with, an electronic document a notary seal. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 456-1.6

(1) Issuing the original commission, $40;
(2) Renewing the commission, $40; and
(3) Electronic processing service fees of up to ten per cent of the amount of the transaction.

These fees may be adjusted, and any other fees may be established and adjusted, by adopting rules pursuant to chapter 91.

(b) The court fees for filing a copy of a commission and for each certificate of authentication shall be specified by the supreme court.
(c) The attorney general may impose and collect the following administrative fines for a notary public‘s failure to:

(1) Maintain an official seal of a single rubber stamp notary seal, on which shall be inscribed the name of the notary public, the commission number of the notary public, and the words “notary public” and “State of Hawaii” only, $20;
(2) Surrender the notary public’s physical stamping device and certificate to the attorney general within ninety days of resignation, revocation of commission, or the expiration of a term without renewal, $200;
(3) Disable the notary public’s electronic stamping device within ninety days of resignation, revocation of commission, or the expiration of a term without renewal, $200;
(4) Authenticate every acknowledgment or jurat with a certificate that shall be signed and dated by the notary public, include the printed name and official stamp or seal of the notary public, and identify the jurisdiction in which the notarial act is performed, $500;
(5) Chronicle all of the notary public’s notarial acts as prescribed by section 456-15 and applicable rules, $200; and
(6) Notify the attorney general within ten days after loss, misplacement, or theft of the notary public’s stamping device or any journal, inform the appropriate law enforcement agency in the case of theft, and deliver a copy of the law enforcement agency’s report of the theft to the attorney general, $20.
(d) The moneys collected by the attorney general pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the notaries public special fund established by section 456-9.5, except that if that fund is terminated, the moneys shall thereafter be deposited with the director of finance to the credit of the general fund.
(e) All unpaid fees, fines, and forfeitures shall constitute a debt due and owing to the State.

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