§456-19 Notary public signing for disabled person. A notary public may sign the name of a person physically unable to sign or to make a mark on a document presented for notarization; provided that the notary public is satisfied that the person has voluntarily given consent for the notary public to sign on the person's behalf, if the notary public writes, in the presence of the person: "Signature affixed by notary public pursuant to section 456-19, Hawaii Revised Statutes." beneath the signature, and if a doctor's written certificate is provided to the notary public certifying that the person is unable to physically sign or make a mark because of the disability, and that the person is capable of communicating the person's intentions. The certificate shall be attached to the document. [L 1995, c 141, §1; am L 2020, c 54, §17]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
456-1.5 Powers and duties of the attorney general.
456-4 Filing copy of commission; authentication of acts.
456-6 Liabilities; limitations on; official bond.
456-7 Unauthorized practice as a notary public.
456-9 Fees and administrative fines.
456-9.5 Notaries public special fund.
456-10 Duties, by mercantile usage.
456-11 Protests; negotiable paper.
456-12 Protest, evidence of what.
456-15 Journal; copies as evidence.
456-18 Notaries in government service.
456-19 Notary public signing for disabled person.
456-20 Failure to verify identity and signature.
456-21 Failure to authenticate with a certification statement.
456-22 Authority to refuse to perform notarial act.
456-23 Notarial act performed for remotely located individual
456-24 Remote online notaries public; application; qualifications.
456-26 Validity of notarial acts
456-27 Relation to the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act