§456-4  Filing copy of commission;
authentication of acts.  Each person appointed and commissioned a notary
public under this chapter shall forthwith file a literal or photostatic 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 notary public resides.  Each person appointed and
commissioned a notary public under this chapter may also, at the person's
option, file the above-named documents with the clerk of any other circuit
court.  Thereafter any clerk, when thereunto requested, shall certify to the
official character and acts of any such notary public whose commission,
impression of seal, and specimen of official signature is so filed in the
clerk's office. [L 1941, c 322, pt of §4; RL 1945, §7664; RL 1955, §168-4; HRS
§456-4; am L 1978, c 122, §4; am L 1982, c 45, §1; gen ch 1985]