Chapter 502 — Chapter 502
61 sections in this chapter.
HRS §502-8 Bureau of conveyances special fund
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§502-8 Bureau of conveyances special fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the bureau of conveyances special fund, into which shall be deposited the revenues remitted pursuant to sections 501-23.5 and 502-25, interest earnings, grants, donations, and appropriations…
HRS §502-81 Instruments may be recorded; as evidence
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PART VIII. REQUIREMENT AND EFFECT OF ACKNOWLEDGING, RECORDING, NOT RECORDING §502-81 Instruments may be recorded; as evidence. Every conveyance or other instrument, acknowledged or proved, and certified in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, by any of the officers before named, m…
HRS §502-82 Record or copy as evidence
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§502-82 Record or copy as evidence. The record of an instrument duly recorded, or a transcript thereof, duly certified, may also be read in evidence, with like force and effect as the original instrument. Neither the certificate of acknowledgment, nor the proof of any instrument,…
HRS §502-83 Effect of not recording deeds, leases, etc
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§502-83 Effect of not recording deeds, leases, etc. All deeds, leases for a term of more than one year, mortgages of any interest in real estate, or other conveyances of real estate within the State, shall be recorded in the bureau of conveyances. Every such conveyance not so rec…
HRS §502-84 Powers of attorney, etc
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§502-84 Powers of attorney, etc. All articles of marriage settlement and powers of attorney for the transfer of real property within the State shall be recorded in the bureau of conveyances, in default of which no such instrument shall be binding to the detriment of third parties…
HRS §502-85 Agreements of sale; priority
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§502-85 Agreements of sale; priority. (a) The rights of a buyer under an agreement of sale which has been duly recorded in accordance with this chapter shall be entitled to priority over the claim of any other person with respect to the real estate covered by the agreement of sal…
HRS §502-91 Old records
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PART IX. PRIOR RECORDS §502-91 Old records. All records of instruments made in the bureau of conveyances, before July 10, 1850, whether in the book required by law or otherwise, are deemed to have been duly recorded. All conveyances of real and personal property made and executed…
HRS §502-92 Copies of old records
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§502-92 Copies of old records. The registrar shall prepare photographic, electronic, or electrostatic copies of the records and record books in the bureau of conveyances which by reason of age, usage, or otherwise are in such condition that they can no longer be conveniently used…
HRS §502-93 Retyping judgment registers
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§502-93 Retyping judgment registers. The registrar of conveyances may, when retyping the old circuit court and district court judgment registers, delete from the retyped registers all those entries which the registers show have theretofore been fully paid, released, or discharged…
HRS §502-94 Translation of Hawaiian documents, recording
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§502-94 Translation of Hawaiian documents, recording. The registrar may appoint such number of qualified translators at such compensation as may be provided for by appropriations of the legislature from time to time for the purpose of translating into English, conveyances and oth…
HRS §502-95 Validation of defective certificates
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§502-95 Validation of defective certificates. The record made prior to May 14, 1943, in the bureau of conveyances at Honolulu of any instrument otherwise authorized to be recorded therein, notwithstanding any defect in the form of the certificate of acknowledgment or proof, or th…