§456-7 Unauthorized practice as a notary public. (a) A person commits the offense of unauthorized practice as a notary public if the person knowingly engages in or offers to engage in any duties of a notary public without first complying with all of the following:
(1) Being commissioned as a notary public by the attorney general;
(2) Filing a copy of the person's commission, an impression of the person's seal, and a specimen of the person's official signature with the clerk of the circuit court of the circuit in which the person resides; and
(3) Executing an official surety bond pursuant to section 456-5.
(b) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in accordance with chapter 706.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict or to do away with any liability for civil damages. [L 1941, c 322, pt of §4; RL 1945, §7667; RL 1955, §168-7; HRS §456-7; gen ch 1985; am L 2008, c 175, §4; am L 2020, c 54, §10]
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