§502-121 - Definitions. - Hawaii Statutes

[PART XII.]  UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY ELECTRONIC RECORDING ACT

 

     [§502-121]  Definitions.  As used in this part:

     "Document" means information affecting title to real property that is eligible to be entered into the public records, including any plan of land prepared pursuant to section 502-17.

     "Electronic" means relating to technology having electric, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar properties.

     "Electronic document" means a document that is stored in an electronic medium.

     "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent of affixing a signature on the document.

     "Paper document" means a document that is inscribed on a tangible medium such as paper.

     "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

     "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. [L 2009, c 102, pt of §2(1)]