Hawaii Revised Statutes 456-26 – Validity of notarial acts
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 456-26
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Document: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 456-1.6
- 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
Except as otherwise provided in section notarial act; notary public connected with a corporation or trust company” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2022″ statecd=”HI”>456-14(b), the failure of a notary public to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this chapter does not validate or invalidate a notarial act performed by the notary public. The validity of a notarial act under this chapter does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking to invalidate the document or transaction that is the subject of the notarial act or from seeking other remedies based on the laws of this State other than this chapter or based on the laws of the United States. This section shall not be deemed to validate a purported notarial act performed by a person who does not have the authority to perform notarial acts.