§502-33  Identification of reference to
registration of original.  The registrar shall not record any instrument
requiring a reference to a prior recorded instrument, unless the same contains
a reference to the book and page or document number of the registration of the
original recorded instrument or a statement that the original instrument is
unrecorded, as the case may be.  Except as otherwise provided, every judgment
shall contain or have endorsed on it the State of Hawaii general excise
taxpayer identification number, the federal employer identification number, or
the last four digits only of the social security number for persons,
corporations, partnerships, or other entities against whom the judgment is
rendered.  If the judgment debtor has no social security number, State of
Hawaii general excise taxpayer identification number, or federal employer
identification number, or if that information is not in the possession of the
party seeking registration of the judgment, the judgment shall be accompanied
by a certificate that provides that the information does not exist or is not in
the possession of the party seeking registration of the judgment.  Failure to
disclose or disclosure of an incorrect social security number, State of Hawaii
general excise taxpayer identification number, or federal employer
identification number shall not in any way adversely affect or impair the lien
created upon registration of the judgment.  No amendment, continuation
statement, termination statement, statement of assignment, or statement of
release relating to security interests in goods which are or are to become
fixtures shall be filed unless it complies with the requirements of part 5 of
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.  This section does not apply to any
document mentioned herein executed prior to April 13, 1915.



The party seeking registration of a judgment
shall redact the first five digits of any social security number by blocking
the numbers out on the copy of the judgment to be filed or recorded. [L 1915, c
74, §1; RL 1925, §3145; RL 1935, §5132; RL 1945, §12732; RL 1955, §343-23; am L
1966, c 18, §9; HRS §502-33; am L 1972, c 125, §1(b); am L 1989, c 47, §11; am
L 1990, c 203, §3; am L 1992, c 197, §9; am L 2001, c 55, §26; am L 2008, c 86,
§2; am L 2009, c 5, §3]



 



Note



 



  The 2008 amendment shall not be applied to judgments, orders,
or decrees existing and filed or recorded in the bureau of conveyances or land
court as of July 1, 2008.  L 2008, c 86, §5.



 



Cross References



 



  Uniform Commercial Code, see chapter 490.



 



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  Later mortgagee having actual notice of earlier mortgage is
not entitled to priority merely because earlier mortgage omitted the book and
page references required by this section and §506-4.  Haw Supp, 4 HBJ, Nov
1966, at 30.