DEFINITIONS

As used in this Part unless context requires otherwise: "Assistant Registrar" means the registrar in the bureau of conveyances, department of land and natural resources, and the registrar's deputy and such other assistants as may be sworn before the judge. "Certificate" means a certificate of title showing the owner's name, a description of the land and a summary of encumbrances affecting the land, if any. "File," "filed" or "filing" means to accept, maintain and preserve any instrument required to be filed. "HRS" means Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes. "Instrument" means a document or map required to be registered, recorded or filed. "Judge" means the administrative judge of the circuit court of the first circuit, civil division, or a judge of the circuit court of the first circuit assigned by the administrative judge to hear land court matters pursuant to HRS § 501-2. "Land" means land, title to which is registered in the land court. "Record," "recorded," "recordation," or "recording" means to make an entire literal copy of any instrument presented for registration.