§502-48  Identification of person making. 
No acknowledgment of any conveyance or other instrument, except as provided by
this chapter, whereby any real estate is conveyed or may be affected, shall be
taken, unless the person offering to make the acknowledgment is personally
known to the officer taking the acknowledgment to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the conveyance or instrument as a party thereto, or is proved to
be such by the oath or affirmation of a credible witness known to the officer or
by production of a current identification card or document issued by the United
States, this State, any other state, or a national government that contains the
bearer's photograph and signature. [L 1909, c 69, §6; RL 1925, §3154; RL 1935,
§5140; RL 1945, §12740; RL 1955, §343-32; HRS §502-48; am L 1995, c 141, §4]