Hawaii Revised Statutes 503B-3 – Powers; charges
A commissioner, in any foreign country; in international waters; and in any possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States, including but not limited to the United States territorial seas, may administer oaths and take acknowledgments and proofs of execution of any deed, assignment of lease, apartment deed and ground lease, condominium conveyance document, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, power of attorney, or any other instrument or writing to be used or recorded in the State in connection with:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 503B-3
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
provided that the instrument or writing is executed in international waters or in the United States territorial seas, or outside of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Oaths, acknowledgments, and proofs of execution shall be taken or made in the manner provided by the laws of the State, including but not limited to sections 502-42, 502-43, 502-48, 502-61, 502-62, and 502-63, and shall be certified by the commissioner under the commissioner’s official seal. The certification shall be endorsed on or attached to the instrument or writing and shall have the same effect as if made or taken in the State by a notary public commissioned in the State. Charges made by commissioners for services rendered shall be no higher than the rates authorized by any law governing similar services rendered by notaries within the jurisdictions in which the services are performed or, if in international waters or in the United States territorial seas, no higher than the rates authorized to be charged by notaries in this State.