§456-22 Authority to refuse to perform notarial act. (a) A notary public may refuse to perform a notarial act if the notary public is not satisfied that:
(1) The person executing the document is competent or has the capacity to execute the document;
(2) The person's signature is knowingly and voluntarily made; or
(3) The notary public has proof of the signer's signature and identity or, if the person is a remotely located individual, satisfactory evidence of the identity under section 456-23.
(b) A notary public may refuse to perform a notarial act unless the refusal is prohibited by any provision of law other than this chapter. [L 2020, c 54, pt of §2]
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