Haw. Code R. § 5-11-32 - Examination

(a) No notary public commission shall be issued to any person unless the person pays the examination fee and takes and passes a written examination as prescribed by the attorney general. The minimum passing score is eighty per cent. Failure to obtain a passing score shall result in failure of examination, and no commission shall be issued.

(b) The applicant shall take the examination on the date specified on the notification of approval of the application for a commission and of the scheduled examination date. Failure to take the notary public examination on the scheduled examination date without advance notice, as follows, to the attorney general to reschedule the examination shall require that the applicant submit a new application for a notary public commission with updated supporting letters and also pay a $25 no-show examination fee. The fee to reschedule an examination shall be $15 if an applicant requests to reschedule more than forty-eight hours before the examination. The fee to reschedule an examination shall be $20 if the applicant requests to reschedule less than forty-eight hours before the examination.

(c) The attorney general shall designate the locations and times of the examination.

(d) The attorney general shall notify an applicant in writing of the examination result within thirty calendar days of the examination.

(e) An applicant who fails to attain a passing score may take a reexamination without submitting a new application, provided that the applicant requests, pays the examination fee, and reschedules a reexamination within fourteen calendar days from the date of the notification of the applicant's failure to attain a passing score on the first examination. If the applicant fails to request, pay for, and reschedule a reexamination within the fourteen calendar days, the applicant shall submit a new application and pay the applicable application and examination fees.

(f) An applicant who fails the examination twice shall wait ninety days from the date of the last examination to reapply for a notary public commission.

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Haw. Code R. § 5-11-32

[Eff MAY 05 2008] (Auth: HRS §§ 28-10.8, 456-8) (Imp: HRS §§ 456-1, 456-7, 456-8) [Eff 5/5/08; am and com3/12/2015] [Am and comp 2/27/2022] (Auth: HRS §§ 456-1.5, 456-23) (Imp: HRS § 456-24)