Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 178 - ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIAL MORTGAGE RECORDING FEE GUIDELINES
Section 16-178-4 - Fee paying procedures
Current through February, 2024
(a) The SMRF transmittal form shall be used to pay the SMRF, and may be obtained from the bureau of conveyances at 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 120. Although the SMRF applies to documents recorded in the bureau of conveyances of the State or filed with the assistant registrar of the land court of the State, payment of the SMRF for all documents shall be submitted to the bureau of conveyances. Payment shall be made by the mortgagor or its agent.
(b) The SMRF transmittal form and the SMRF payment shall be submitted to the bureau of conveyances at the time of recordation of a mortgage or an amendment to a mortgage.
(c) The SMRF shall be paid by check made payable to the "Bureau of Conveyances". One check representing the total SMRF for any number of mortgages may be submitted.
(d) In the event all or part of the SMRF is not paid at the time of recordation, due to an exception provided under section 16-178-5, additional documentation or information may be required by the HHRF.
(e) SMRF transmittal forms sent by facsimile transmission and computerized versions of the SMRF transmittal form, which contain the same language and are in the same form as the SMRF transmittal form available from the bureau of conveyances, may be used.
