Hawaii Revised Statutes 502-51 – Exemption of instruments offered on behalf of United States
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 502-51
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Signature: means the name of a person as written by the individual, the affixing of a mark or finger or toe print, or electronic signature as that term is defined in chapter 489E. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 502-7
In the case of any deed, lease, mortgage, lien, notice, agreement, or other instrument offered for recordation by any judicial, executive, or administrative officer of the United States, acting in the officer’s official capacity, or by any duly authorized officer or agent of any agency or instrumentality of the United States created by or under federal or state law, acting in the officer’s or agent’s official capacity, it shall not be necessary that the instrument, where the instrument is required to be signed by the officer or agent, be acknowledged before a notary public by the officer or agent, and the registrar of conveyances shall accept the instrument for recordation, when the signature of the duly authorized officer or agent, together with the official seal, if any, is attached to the instrument for recordation.