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State deed guide

Hawaii Deed Forms

Hawaii records through the statewide Bureau of Conveyances, and deed warranties must be written expressly. PublicLegal currently routes self-service users first to the Hawaii quitclaim deed; other transfers may need attorney, title, or escrow help.

Available for selected no-warranty transfers

Hawaii Quitclaim Deed

A Hawaii quitclaim deed can fit family, trust, and title-clearing transfers where no warranty covenants are intended.

Best fit
  • family transfers
  • trust transfers
  • title-correction transfers among known parties
Watch for
  • not the ordinary sale-deed recommendation
  • does not provide warranty covenants
View Hawaii Quitclaim Deed
Not currently offered for self-service

Hawaii Warranty Deed

Warranty deed treatment may be appropriate for ordinary arm's-length sale or title-insurance transfers, but it is not currently offered for PublicLegal self-service in Hawaii.

Best fit
  • ordinary sales with attorney, title, or escrow support
  • title-insurance transactions
Watch for
  • not currently available for PublicLegal self-service
  • Hawaii deed warranties must be written expressly
Read Hawaii Warranty Deed status
Not currently offered for self-service

Hawaii Grant Deed

Hawaii does not imply deed covenants from the word grant. A grant-labeled deed is not the recommended Hawaii self-service path.

Watch for
  • do not rely on grant wording for implied warranty covenants in Hawaii
  • use warranty, limited-warranty, quitclaim, or professional guidance by scenario
Read Hawaii Grant Deed status
Not currently offered for self-service

Hawaii Limited / Special Warranty Deed

Limited or special warranty treatment may fit some commercial, REO, fiduciary, or limited-covenant Hawaii transfers, but it is not currently offered for PublicLegal self-service.

Best fit
  • commercial, REO, fiduciary, and limited-covenant transfers with professional support
Watch for
  • use attorney, title, or escrow help for warranty-scope decisions today
Not currently offered for self-service
Not currently offered for self-service

Hawaii Transfer-on-Death Deed

Hawaii recognizes transfer-on-death deeds as a separate estate-planning path, but PublicLegal does not currently provide a Hawaii TOD form.

Best fit
  • estate-planning transfer at death
Watch for
  • not an ordinary sale deed
  • complex estate-planning facts should go to counsel
Not currently offered for self-service
Use attorney, title, or escrow support

Specialty deed issues

Land Court, title-defect, correction, easement, fiduciary, leasehold, condo, mineral/water, capacity, foreclosure, and restricted-land issues require individualized help.

Watch for
  • use attorney, title, escrow, lender, court, or agency guidance for specialty facts
Professional help recommended

Important Hawaii recording notes

  • Hawaii has a statewide Bureau of Conveyances in Honolulu, not a county-recorder system.
  • Hawaii deed warranties must be written expressly in the deed.
  • Some properties involve Regular System and Land Court System requirements.
  • Conveyance tax forms P-64A/P-64B may be required unless an exemption applies.
  • Attorney, title, or escrow help is strongly recommended for Land Court, condo, trust, estate, divorce, leasehold, entity, title-defect, and other complex transfers.

How to choose

Arm's-length sale or title-insurance transaction

Hawaii warranty deed treatment is often used for ordinary sale transactions, but it is not currently offered for PublicLegal self-service.

Family, trust, or title-clearing transfer

A quitclaim deed may fit no-warranty transfers among known parties when that is the intended result.

Limited-covenant commercial or fiduciary transfer

Limited or special warranty treatment may require attorney, title, or escrow help.

PublicLegal scope

Self-help scope

A self-help document you complete and record yourself — not legal advice and not a government-issued form.

Professional help

This guide helps compare deed paths. It does not replace advice from a lawyer, title company, escrow professional, lender, court, or recorder.