Can I Accept A Prison ID?

In Hawaii, the I.D. we must rely upon (if not personal knowledge or the Credible Witness requirement of chain-of-custody from notary to Credible Witness, to signer) must be government issued, which the Prison I.D. could be considered, with a picture, which it has, and a signature, which the Hawaii prisoner does not have. So at this time, unless we are able to secure a valid form of I.D. from the inmates family or friends, we cannot legally notarize for an inmate. Unfortunately, many notaries either don't know that law or choose to disregard to obey it, often not realizing that doing so is at the risk of losing their commission, not to mention other potential civil or criminal liability for violation HRS 566-C/20. I see the risk of notarization for inmates is that sometimes when they are arrested they may not have any identification on them and the name that winds up on their prison I.D. may be an alias or else their true name but they have no way of proving that so even if the I.D. had a signature it could still be a risky means of identification.

Thanks for the informative info, very much appreciated. I have been a Notary 17 years and had a store front for 8 years before I lost it due to my rent going sky high. I am always interested in ways of earning extra income and would love to be contacted by email with that information.

So if I just recently got out of prison, I'm in Columbus Ohio, and I don't have a state I'd yet could I use my prison I'd to get something notarized? Thanks

I was wondering if I have a prison ID would I still have to pay for my ID even tho I have a prison id cause someone told me I can get a new id with my prison id for free in ohio