How escrow and title work in Hawaii
Hawaii is an escrow state: once the purchase contract is signed, a neutral escrow officer — at an independent escrow company or in the escrow department of a title company — holds the deposit, collects documents from buyer and seller, and releases funds only when every written instruction has been met.
Hawaii records land in two systems — the Land Court and the Regular System at the Bureau of Conveyances — so the escrow officer has to know which one a parcel belongs to before documents are prepared.
The directory has no Hawaii companies on file at the moment. National underwriters and title agencies that work in every state are listed on the Nationwide page; all of the major underwriters issue policies in Hawaii through local agents and attorneys.
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