§502-83  Effect of not recording deeds,
leases, etc.  All deeds, leases for a term of more than one year, mortgages
of any interest in real estate, or other conveyances of real estate within the
State, shall be recorded in the bureau of conveyances.  Every such conveyance
not so recorded is void as against any subsequent purchaser, lessee, or
mortgagee, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, not having actual
notice of the conveyance of the same real estate, or any portion thereof, or
interest therein, whose conveyance is first duly recorded. [CC 1859, §1262; RL
1925, §3170; RL 1935, §5156; RL 1945, §12756; RL 1955, §343-49; am L 1963, c
83, §6; HRS §502-83]



 



Law Journals and Reviews



 



  Later mortgagee having actual notice of earlier mortgage is
not entitled to priority merely because earlier mortgage omitted page and book
references required by §§502-33 and 506-4.  Haw Supp, 4 HBJ, Nov 1966, at 30.



 



Case Notes



  Under early law, time for recording was limited.  See 1 H. 67
(114) (single justice); 1 H. 229 (409) (single justice).



  Subsequent deed or lease, though recorded, will not prevail
against unrecorded deed or lease of which there was actual notice.  2 H. 166
(single justice); 3 H. 274; 4 H. 384.  But will prevail where no actual
notice.  4 H. 675.



  Actual possession under unrecorded deed is constructive
notice; subsequent purchase not in good faith.  5 H. 298; 25 H. 494, 505; 26 H.
342, 349.  See 19 H. 602, 611.



  Assignment of lease good against creditors though levy made
before recording of assignment.  16 H. 731.  Compare 26 H. 342.



  Mortgage of a leasehold must be recorded under this section. 
23 H. 706, 709.



  Recording is notice to one bound to search the records,
otherwise not.  26 H. 809, 820.



  Subsequent purchaser not protected, though in good faith,
unless purchaser records first.  32 H. 323, 326; 32 H. 883, 895.



  Knowledge of negotiations for a sale of no significance and
such notice does not defeat mortgage.  32 H. 883.



  Cited:  6 H. 114 (single justice).



  Mentioned:  920 F. Supp. 1080.



 



Hawaii Legal Reporter Citations



 



  Recordation of conveyance documents required.  79 HLR
79-0425.