§502-45  Acknowledgments without the State. 
The proof or acknowledgment of any deed or other written instrument required to
be proved or acknowledged in order to enable the same to be recorded or read in
evidence, when made by any person without the State and within any other state,
territory, district, or dependency of the United States, may be made before any
officer of the state, territory, district, or dependency authorized by the laws
thereof to take proof and acknowledgment of deeds and when so taken, and when
the certificate of acknowledgment is in a form sufficient to entitle deeds of
real property to be recorded in the appropriate office for recording in such
state, territory, district, or dependency or in the form provided or permitted
by any of sections 502-41 to 502-43, shall be entitled to be recorded and may
be read in evidence in the State.  The signature of such officer constitutes
prima facie evidence that the acknowledgment is taken in accordance with the
laws of the place where made and of the authority of the officer to take the
acknowledgment.  If the record of any such instrument, or a transcript thereof,
is used in evidence in any proceeding the burden shall be on the party relying
on such record to prove that the instrument was duly executed, in any
proceeding where such fact is asserted by such party and is in dispute.  The
burden may be met by proof made in the manner provided in section 502-46. [L
1909, c 69, §3; RL 1925, §3151; RL 1935, §5137; am L 1943, c 197, §3; RL 1945,
§12737; RL 1955, §343-29; am L 1963, c 83, §1; HRS §502-45]