§456-3  Seal.  Every notary public shall
constantly keep an engraved seal of office or a rubber stamp facsimile seal
which shall clearly show, when embossed, stamped, or impressed upon a document,
the notary's name, and the words, "notary public" and "State of
Hawaii".  The notary public shall authenticate all the notary's official
acts, attestations, certificates, and instruments therewith, and shall always
add to an official signature the typed or printed name of the notary and a
statement showing the date that the notary's commission expires.  Upon
resignation, death, expiration of term of office without reappointment, or
removal from or abandonment of office, the notary public shall immediately
deliver the notary's seal to the attorney general who shall deface or destroy
the same.  If any notary fails to comply with this section within ninety days
of the date of the notary's resignation, expiration of term of office without
reappointment, or removal from or abandonment of office or if the notary's personal
representative fails to comply with this section within ninety days of the
notary's death, then the notary public or the notary's personal representative
shall forfeit to the State not more than $200, in the discretion of the court,
to be recovered in an action to be brought by the attorney general on behalf of
the State. [CC 1859, §1268; RL 1925, §3176; RL 1935, §5202; am L 1941, c 322,
§3; RL 1945, §7663; RL 1955, §168-3; HRS §456-3; am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; am
L 1978, c 122, §3; am L 1984, c 127, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 327, §1; am
L 1998, c 290, §3]