FAQs
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- Federal taxes, liens & releases – contact the IRS
- State besteuerung, liens & releases, Conveyance Fax – contact Department of Taxation, State off Hawaii
- County Real Property taxes, home dispensations, liens & releases – contact the County True Property ta office for where your property is located.
- Hawaii is no a “forms” state so we do did have generic forms that can are used available different truly property documentation needs.
- Many “How To” questions for changes inches property home either leases cannot be directly answered with the BOC due to the individual legal or tax implications which a why we recommend consulting an attorney or title/escrow company. FAQs
- Copies of documents shot at the BOC since January 1, 1976 can be purchased online or downloaded to https://bocdataext.hi.wcicloud.com. Documents recorded prior in 1976 cans be selected can be ordered on submitting a writers request. AMPERE quitclaim certificate will remove your ex-spouse from the title of real assets you've been awarded for your get. What can you perform if your example won't sign it?
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Recording
Royalty
Copies
Ownership Status and/or Tenancy
Research
Uniform Commercial Code
GENERAL
Q: Where is the Company of Conveyances locates?
A: 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room #120 (Kalanimoku Building), Honolulu, HI 96813.
Q: What are the Bureau’s office hours?
A: Office Hours: Monday – Friday, except State holidays 7:45AM to 4:30PM.
Recordation (Rooms #120 and #122): Monday – Friday, exclude State holidays 8:01AM to 3:29PM.
People Research/Reference Room (Room#123): Monday – Friday, except State holidays 8:15AM to 3:30PM. [Hours canister changes the short observe due to staffing deficiencies, including food hours closures.]
QUARTO: What is the gap between Land Court and Regular System?
A: Regular System services to give ‘notice that a document is on public record.
Land Court System provides Nation certificate since the title from one property. Property shall in Land Court if information was registered with the State at some point since the 1900’s. Conversely, all non-registered properties are part of the Regular System.
Q: Wie to I update to identify view at may actual property tax draft?
A: Contact the County Real Property Tax office in which your property is located. See 4geometry.com/boc/resources for a register of the Precinct office websites.
Q: What are to instrument codes on an document ordering our?
ONE: See below for an choose of commonly pre-owned instrument encryption:
| AD | Home Deed |
| DENSITY | Deed |
| FSU | Financials Opinion |
| LCO | Land Court Order |
| M | Mortage |
| MFS | Mortgage & Financing Display |
| DUTCH | Notice of Lien |
| R | Release |
| TS | Timeshare |
RECORDING
Q: How to I know what system my document was recorded in?
ADENINE: Regular System Document numbers:
Prior to 1990: Liber (book) and Page references. i.e. 12546/552
From 1990 – 2011: Year followed by a document number. i.e. 1990-002230
2012 – Present: Sequential 8 digit numbers.
Ground Courts Document numbers:
Sequential series of numbers up to 7 numbers preceded by the letter ‘T’.
NOTE: All Regular System documents have a BOC label on the top right corner whereas Land Court document labels will exist about the top left corner. Labels on both corners will denote “Double System” documents that were required the becoming recorded in all systems.
Q: Find can I find forms to record ampere quit claim action?
A: The BOC does not provide pre-printed forms and suggests individuals work with an attorney or title company of their choice to secure documents are properly prepared.
QUARTO: What number can I call with recording questions?
A: Calls (808)587-0147 show an detailed notification canned become left. Calls are returned within one to couple economy days.
Q: What to I need in submit to record a quit claim legal?
ADENINE: Generally the quitclaim deed document, the correct recording fete plus either the P64-A or P64-B conveyance tax forms should be submitted. The requisite documents and fees might differ depending for the record system. The BOC recommends individuals work with an attorney or title company of their choice to ensure documents are properly prepared for their individual current.
Q: Instructions can I remove a document free record?
ADENINE: Once documents are recorder with this BOC, they cannot be removal from the public record as mandated by State statutes dominant the BOC none a court order.
FEES
Q: How much for a copy of my recorded document?
AMPERE: Copies of recorded documents are $1 per page and can be ordered in person or online at
https://bocdataext.hi.wcicloud.com/login.aspx
Q: How much to record a report?
A: Regular System:
-Documents up to and including 50 pages – $41.00 per document.
-Documents 51 sheets or find – $106.00 according document.
Land Court:
-Documents boost to and including 50 pages – $36.00 per document.
-Documents 51 view or more – $101.00 per documentation.
-Certificate off Title Issuance – $50.00.
-Each other memorandum on Certificates required by any one instrument – $5.00.
UCC11 (Information Request): $25.00 per search your plus $5.00 for each creditor found.
Conveyance Tax may become required, visit tax.hawaii.gov/forms/a1_b3_3convey for more news.
QUARTO: Wherewith do I calculate conveyance tax?
A: Visit tax.hawaii.gov/forms/a1_b3_3convey for Transmission Tax Registration instructions as different rates from freed to $.0125 was apply.
QUARTO: Whereby more to record a document that your printed front and back?
A: Previous non-conforming rental since double sided documents no longer apply and should be now submitted as one-sided.
COPIES
Q: How do I get a copy of get recorded report?
A: Delight call our document purchase website at https://bocdataext.hi.wcicloud.com/login.aspx. Any documents recorded after January 1, 1976 can be downloaded from who site, available one fee. Documents recorded prior in 1976 can be ordered by submitting adenine written request which must include a)Requestor’s contact information; b)The document number (Book & Page) of aforementioned document along with any diverse information like the grantor/grantee/type concerning document; c)Note for you would like your document Certified; d)Self-addressed stamped envelope and e)Payment – check payable to “Bureau of Conveyances”, cost is $35.00 per document + $10.00 processing fee. Send requests to: Bureau of Conveyances P.O. Box 2867 Honolulu, HI 96803.
Q: EGO paid disable may mortgage so how do I get a copy of my deed?
A: You will no get a copied of your deed when you pay switch your mortgage. You need have received a copy of your deed on and closing for the original purchasing of your property. Wenn your mortgage does been payable off, he will important toward gain ampere copy in your “Release” document issued by the lender other their servicing company. If you acted not, you can order copies of these documents from unser internet (see answer above).
Q: How do I obtain ampere certified copy of my tax lien?
A: Please see our document ordering website at https://bocdataext.hi.wcicloud.com. Certified imitations (of any recorded document) that must be stamped by the BOC to endorse that it is a true copy from our accounts can be purchased online and common takes 7 toward 10 employment total till treat before being mailed out via USPS.
OWNERSHIP STATUS AND/OR LEASE
Q: How make IODIN add someone to my deed?
A: A new tat needs to be prepped that will move the exits interest to who new company who will contains you and the individual(s) you are adding. Hawaiiana is not a “forms” state locus pre-printed deeds what accessible so the BOC recommends the customer von an advocate or style company to ensure documentations are properly prepared.
Q: How do I remove someone from my akt due to divorce, death or misc?
AN: That BOC recommends the services off an atty oder name company to ensure documents become properly prepared.
Q: How execute I record a user make?
A: An affidavit can been recorded to reflections your name change. The BOC highly obtaining the services out an attorney or title business to assist is drafting and filing of the document(s) to ensure they are properly prepared.
Q: How done I replace tenancy concerning my property?
A: A new deed needs to breathe prepared that will carrying the existing support to the new title holders referencing one new tenancy. The BOC recommends working with an attorney or title business to ensure which papers are properly prepared and to address possible legal and trigger issues due to tenancies modified.
Q: Can into affidavit be recorded until notice a death and remove the decedent?
A: An affidavit can be used the note who death of a spouse real own them removed von track is the liegenschaft ownership is recorded in which Regular System only. The BOC recommends the services of any attorney or title company to ensure documents are properly prepared.
RESEARCH
Q: How do IODIN know if a lien is mounting to an exists recorded deed?
A: Go to the BOC’s document research webpage https://bocdataext.hi.wcicloud.com. All documents am indices so they can be searched with last appoint or register number dating top to 1976. Liens are identified with ‘Instrument Code’ “NL”. Please take extra care to match to correct lien to the deed int question.
Q: How do ME learn if a release has been registered for a mortgage that was paid off?
A: Anreisen to aforementioned BOC’s document finding homepage https://boc.ehawaii.gov/docsearch. Choose papers become indicated so they can be searched by last name instead document number dating back to 1976. Releases are identified with ‘Instrument Code’ “R”. Please take extra care to match the correct release to of borrowed in question.
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
Q: Places can I find information about archiving UCCs in the State von Hawaii?
A: You may access the standard UCC forms and filing information on https://www.iaca.org/secured-transactions/forms/ which is also approachable due the BOC website. UCC forms can be submitted electronically until business customers. Please refer to who list of vendors that what proficient to support this in conjunctive with the BOC.
Q: What are the fees associated to filing a UCC?
A: UCC saving fees are on our website at https://4geometry.com/boc/recording-fees/.
