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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-29

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes a solemn affirmation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-21
  • Person: means an individual, group, partnership, firm, association, corporation, trust, governmental agency, governmental official, administrative body, or tribunal or any form of business or legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-122

Wherever by law any affidavit under oath or any statement or other document to be acknowledged is required to be filed with the chief of police, treasurer, director of finance, clerk, or council of any county as a condition to the granting of any license or the performance of any act by any person, or by any county officer, the chief of police, treasurer, director of finance, or clerk, their deputy or deputies, of the county, shall take the oath or acknowledgment, free of charge, keeping records thereof as required by law of notaries public; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any person desiring so to do from making the oath or acknowledgment before any duly authorized notary public, subject to the notary’s legal fees therefor.