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Hawaii Elevator & Conveyance Licensing Law

Hawaii Code · 10 sections

The following is the full text of Hawaii’s elevator & conveyance licensing law statutes as published in the Hawaii Code. For the official version, see the Hawaii Legislature.


Haw. Rev. Stat. § 10-1

Section

10-1 Declaration of purpose

10-2 Definitions

10-3 Purpose of the office

10-4 Office of Hawaiian affairs; established; general powers

10-4.5 Authority over disbursements

10-5 Board of trustees; powers and duties

10-6 General duties of the board

10-7 Board of trustees

10-8 Organization; quorum; meeting

10-9 Salaries; benefit; expenses

10-9.5 Salary commission; established

10-10 Administrator; appointment, tenure, removal

10-11 Salary of the administrator

10-12 Assistant; staff

10-13 Appropriations; accounts; reports

10-13.3 Interim revenue

10-13.5 Use of public land trust proceeds

10-13.6 Public land trust conveyed for the development of

housing projects

10-14 Repealed

10-14.5 Budget preparation and submission; auditing

10-14.55 Audit and report

10-14.6 Legislative review

10-15 Annual report

10-15.5 Repealed

10-16 Suits

10-17 Grants; conditions and qualifications

10-18 Hui ‘Imi advisory council

10-19 Hawaiian registry

10-20 Taro security; funding

Part II. Revenue Bonds

10-21 Definitions

10-22 Powers of the board

10-23 Authorization of office projects and loan programs;

issuance of revenue bonds

10-24 Revenue bond anticipation notes

10-25 Revenue bonds

10-25.1 Federal tax-exempt status; preference; protection

10-25.5 Support facility for variable rate revenue bonds

10-26 CUSIP numbers

10-27 Covenants in resolution authorizing revenue bonds

10-28 Validity of bonds

10-29 Bonds

10-30 Payment and security of revenue bonds; revenue bonds

not a debt of the State

10-31 Office of Hawaiian affairs projects and loan programs

to be self-supporting

10-32 Office of Hawaiian affairs projects, loan programs,

and bonds exempt from taxation

10-33 Powers herein, additional to other powers

10-34 Funding and refunding bonds; authorization and purpose

10-35 Funding and refunding bonds; principal amount

10-36 Limitation of authority

Part III. Training; Certain Boards, Commissions,

and Councils; Native Hawaiian and Hawaiian

Traditional and Customary Rights, Natural

Resource Protection and Access Rights,

and the Public Trust

10-41 Training; applicability

10-42 Training relating to native Hawaiian and Hawaiian

traditional and customary rights, natural resources

and access rights, and the public trust

Note

Kakaako makai; conveyance of certain parcels to office of Hawaiian affairs. L 2012, c 15.

Public land trust information system. L 2011, c 54; L 2013, c 110.

Use of lands in public land trust; payments and accounting requirements. L 2006, c 178.

Cross References

Allowance of indigenous Hawaiian architecture by county ordinances, see §46-1.55.

Successor determination program, see §171-100.

Attorney General Opinions

Office of Hawaiian affairs constitutionally valid. Att. Gen. Op. 80-8.

Legislature may not authorize office of Hawaiian affairs to use funds derived from public land trust to better the conditions of “Hawaiians”, as defined in §10-2, distinguishing from “native Hawaiians” as defined in §5(f) of the Admission Act. Att. Gen. Op. 83-2.

Law Journals and Reviews

The Constitutionality of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. 7 UH L. Rev. 63.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Issue of Sovereign Immunity. 7 UH L. Rev. 95.

The Native Hawaiian Trusts Judicial Relief Act: The First Step in an Attempt to Provide Relief. 14 UH L. Rev. 889.

Native Hawaiian Entitlement to Sovereignty: An Overview. 17 UH L. Rev. 427.

Courts in the “Age of Reconciliation”: Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. HCDCH. 33 UH L. Rev. 503 (2011).

Case Notes

Does not violate §5 of the Admission Act. 921 F.2d 950.

Appellant who contended, among other things, injury by the provisions of article XII of the state constitution and this chapter personally subjecting appellant to racial classification, lacked standing as appellant did not suffer an injury in fact. 342 F.3d 934.

Plaintiff challenging constitutionality of article XII, §§5 and 6 of state constitution and this chapter, lacked standing, where plaintiff had not suffered any injury-in-fact. 188 F. Supp. 2d 1233.

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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 132-1

Section

132-1 County fire chiefs; powers and duties

132-2 General power to make rules

132-3 Adoption of state fire code

132-4 Investigation of fires; criminal prosecutions

132-4.5 Investigation of fires; immunity for information

received from insurers

132-5 Right of entry for inspection; unlawful to obstruct

132-6 Duties of county fire chiefs; periodic inspections;

orders to remove fire hazards; appeals

132-7 Duty of owner to remove fire hazard; expense; lien

132-8 Duties of owners generally

132-8.5 Automatic elevators

132-9 Submission of building plans for approval

132-10 Witnesses; fees

132-11 Recorded order of county fire chiefs as evidence

132-12 Court aid

132-13 Penalty

132-14 Educational powers of county fire chiefs

132-15 Powers of director of labor and industrial relations

132-16 State fire council; composition; functions

132-17 Novelty lighters; prohibited; penalties

132-18 Administrative staffing for the state fire council

132-19 Aerial luminaries; prohibited

Note

Chapter heading amended by L 1978, c 241, §2(20).

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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 171-1

Section

171-1 Definitions

171-2 Definition of public lands

171-3 Department of land and natural resources

171-4 Board of land and natural resources; terms and

qualifications of members of the board; organization;

expenses

171-4.5 Aha moku advisory committee; established

171-5 Meetings, regular, special; quorum

171-6 Powers

171-6.4 General administrative penalties

171-6.5 Repealed

171-7 General duties of the board

171-8 Land agents and other employees

171-8.5 Koke‘e state park advisory council

171-8.6 Risk assessment working group

171-9 Land districts

171-10 Classes of lands

171-11 Public purposes, lands set aside by the governor;

management

171-12 Permanent register of applicants for public lands

171-13 Disposition of public lands

171-14 Auction

171-14.5 Auction pre-qualification; agricultural and pasture

leases

171-15 Drawing

171-16 Notices

171-17 Appraisals

171-18 Public land trust

171-18.5 Sugarcane lands conveyed for the development of

housing projects

171-19 Special land and development fund

171-19.5 Repealed

171-20 Notice of breach or default

171-21 Rights of holder of security interest

171-22 Consent to mortgage

171-23 Land patents and deeds, issued when

171-24 Land conveyances, preparation, signing, record, copies

171-25 Irrigation projects

171-26 Rights-of-way to the sea, game management areas, and

public hunting areas

171-27 Taxes

171-28 Government-owned Hawaiian fishponds; sale prohibition

171-29 Report to legislature on all dispositions

171-30 Acquisition of real property; general

171-31 Depository for documents; filing, record

171-31.5 Disposition of abandoned or seized property

171-31.6 Criminal penalties

Part II. Dispositions, Generally

A. Policy and Planning

171-32 Policy

171-33 Planning; generally

171-34 Planning; intensive agricultural and pasture uses

B. Leases or Sales

171-35 Lease provisions; generally

171-36 Lease restrictions; generally

171-36.1 Reservation of rights to prehistoric and historic

remains on leased public lands

171-36.2 Public lands for historic preservation and

restoration

171-37 Lease restrictions; intensive agricultural and

pasture uses

171-37.5 Withdrawal or taking of leased land; fair compensation

171-38 Condemnation of leases

171-39 Leases; forfeiture

171-40 Expired leases; holdover

171-41 Commercial, industrial, and other business uses

171-41.5 Amendment of commercial, hotel, or industrial lease

171-42 Hotel and resort uses

171-43 Lease of campsites or sites for youth athletic and/or

educational activities

171-43.1 Lease to eleemosynary organizations

171-44 Lease for recreation-residence use

C. Residential Uses

171-45 Residence lots; sale or leases

171-46 Residential sales or leases; planning

171-47 Residence lots; improvement districts

171-48 Residence lots, requirements

171-49 Residence lots: unsold; forfeited; surrendered

171-49.5 Resale, first offer to board; limitation on resale

price

171-49.7 Public lands suitable and available for residential

development; inventory

D. Miscellaneous

171-50 Exchanges

171-50.1 Acquisition of lands for exchange under chapter 516

171-50.2 Exchanges for conversion of leasehold lands to fee

simple ownership

171-51 Quitclaim

171-52 Remnant

171-53 Reclamation and disposition of submerged or reclaimed

public land

171-54 Land license

171-55 Permits

171-55.5 Agricultural plots

171-56 Contract or license for concessions or concession

space

171-57 Reserved rights and easements

171-58 Minerals and water rights

171-58.5 Prohibitions

171-59 Disposition by negotiation

171-60 Development through private developer

171-61 Cancellation, surrender

171-62 Sales; payment, default

171-63 Waiver of restrictions

171-64 Covenants against discrimination

171-64.5 Nonconventional uses; department of health;

approval and authorization; Waimano ridge

171-64.7 Legislative approval of sale or gift of lands

Part III. Special Dispositions; Sales and Leases

Permitted Without Public Auction

A. Certain Agricultural Uses, Including Special

Livestock and Pasture

171-65 Leases, leases with option to purchase, sales

permitted; when

171-66 Planning

171-67 Restrictions; conditions

171-68 Applicants; qualifications of

171-69 Preference right

B. Residential Leases

171-70 Findings and declaration of necessity

171-71 Definitions

171-72 Subdivision, improvement and lease of public lands

171-73 Term, rent, and other conditions of residential leases

171-74 Qualifications of lessees

171-75 Persons disqualified to take residential leases

171-76 Preference right to residential lease

171-77 Transfers of title by bequest, devise, intestate

succession, or by operation of law, and upon

foreclosure

171-78 Notice; drawing

171-79 Purchase of fee title by lessee

171-80 Cancellation of leases

171-81 Surrender of lease

171-82 Approval by board

171-83 Costs of, and realization from, residential leasing

171-84 Leases to certain developers of housing for low and

moderate income families

C. Disposition to Victims of Natural Disaster

  1. Disposition for Other Than Residential or

Agricultural Purposes

171-85 Definitions

171-86 Purpose

171-87 Disposition to victims of natural disaster, when

171-88 Option to purchase

171-89 Applications

171-90 Eligibility

171-91 Notice of availability of leases; selection of lessees

171-92 Existing public leases

  1. Disposition for Residential Purposes

171-93 Authorization

171-94 Persons dispossessed or displaced

D. Disposition to Government Agencies and Public

Utilities

171-95 Disposition to governments, governmental agencies,

public utilities, and renewable energy producers

171-95.3 Renewable energy producers; lease of public lands

without public auction

171-95.5 Lease to public charter schools

171-96 Lease to foreign governments

Part IV. Relating to Existing Homestead Rights;

Continuation Thereof and Removal of Certain

Restrictions

171-97 Definition

171-98 Release of restrictions

171-99 Continuation of rights under existing homestead

leases, certificates of occupation, right of purchase

leases, and cash freehold agreements

171-100 Successor determination program

Part V. Lands for Agricultural Purposes

171-111 Repealed

171-112 Acquisition

171-113 to 116.5 Repealed

171-117 Public lands; agricultural park lands

171-118 Repealed

Part VI. Economic Development

171-121 Molokai forest lands, management program established

Part VII. Industrial Parks

171-131 Definitions

171-132 Designation of industrial park

171-133 Authority to plan, improve, develop, operate, and

maintain industrial parks

171-134 Industrial park development

171-135 Joint venture or development agreement

171-136 Disposition of public lands within industrial park

171-137 Preference

171-138 Repealed

171-139 Acquisition

171-140 Rules

171-141 Lease for eligible permittee in industrial park

171-142 Lease for lessees dislocated by condemnation

proceedings

171-143 Rate policy

171-144 Issuance of revenue bonds

Part VIII. Restoration of Beach Lands

171-151 Definitions

171-152 General powers

171-153 Beach restoration plan

171-154 Authority to lease coastal lands

171-155 Development of public coastal lands

171-156 Beach restoration special fund

[Part IX. Turtle Bay, Oahu]

171-171 Reimbursable general obligation bonds for

conservation easement and other real property

interests in Turtle Bay, Oahu

171-172 Turtle Bay conservation easement special fund

171-173 Turtle Bay appraisal and due diligence

171-174 Lease of Turtle Bay lands

Note

Department of transportation’s bridge rehabilitation and replacement program; temporary exemption from certain construction requirements of part II of this chapter through June 30, 2017 or until completion. L 2012, c 218.

Development of watershed management strategies by University of Hawaii in at least two of Hawaii’s most severely flood-impacted watersheds. L 2006, c 187.

Kakaako makai; conveyance of certain parcels to office of Hawaiian affairs. L 2012, c 15.

Priority mooring space for intra-county ferry service. L 2008, c 57, §2.

Relief for airport concessionaires (repealed July 1, 2013). L Sp 2009, c 33; L 2011, c 104, §2.

State purchase of private lands subject to approval. L 2015, c 119, §105.

Survey to identify potential historic districts and single-family residences for listing on Hawaii register of historic places; report to 2018 legislature. L 2015, c 89, §1.

Use of lands in public land trust; payments and accounting requirements. L 2006, c 178.

Water rights lease applications; annual reports to 2017-2020 legislature. L 2016, c 126, §2.

Cross References

Ala Wai boat harbor; leases, see §200-2.6.

Civil relief for state military forces, see chapter 657D.

Conclusive presumptions relating to duty of public entities to warn of dangers at public beach parks, see §663-1.56.

Disposition of state boating facility properties, see §200-2.5.

Environmental courts, jurisdiction over proceedings arising under this chapter, see §604A-2.

Exception to liability for county lifeguard services, see §663-1.52.

Kaho‘olawe island reserve, see chapter 6K.

Koke‘e state park advisory council, see §171-8.5.

State facility renovation partnership program, see chapter 107D.

Transfer of non-agricultural park lands classified for agricultural use to department of agriculture, see chapter 166E.

Attorney General Opinions

Applies to any and all “public lands”, including ceded lands or lands acquired by the State by other means. Att. Gen. Op. 95-3.

Law Journals and Reviews

Native Hawaiians, Self-Determination, and the Inadequacy of the State Land Trusts. 14 UH L. Rev. 519.

Demolition of Native Rights and Self Determination: Act 55’s Devastating Impact through the Development of Hawaii’s Public Lands. 35 UH L. Rev. 297 (2013).

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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 184-1

Section

184-1 Definitions

184-2 State park system

184-3 Powers of department

184-3.4 State parks special fund

184-3.5 Park acquisition trust fund; “acquire a park” program

184-4 Repealed

184-4.5 Smoking or use of tobacco products prohibited

184-5 Rules and enforcement; penalty

184-5.1 Arrest

184-5.2 Summons or citations

184-5.3 Failure to obey summons

184-5.5 General administrative penalties

184-6 Duties of department

184-7 County contributions

184-8 Budget

Part II. State Resort Camps and Services–Repealed

184-11 to 15 Repealed

Part III. National Parks

184-21 Acquisition and conveyance of lands for National Parks

Part IV. Aina Hoomalu State Parks

184-31 Aina hoomalu state parks program established;

designation of aina hoomalu sites

184-32 Repealed

Note

Department of transportation’s bridge rehabilitation and replacement program; temporary exemption from certain construction requirements of this chapter through June 30, 2017 or until completion. L 2012, c 218.

Cross References

Environmental courts, jurisdiction over proceedings arising under this chapter, see §604A-2.

Koke‘e state park advisory council, see §171-8.5.

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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 206-1

Section

206-1 Definitions

206-2 Administration of chapter

206-3 Interested members, officers or employees

206-4 General powers

206-5 Declaration of development areas

206-6 Acquisition of land within a development area

206-7 Property which shall not be acquired for development

projects

206-8 Development of lands acquired

206-9 Disposition of lands

206-10 Restrictions on sale and use of residential lots by

purchaser

206-11 Breach, mortgaging, effect of breach, etc.

206-12 Requirement to develop

206-13 Power to lease, pledge, or mortgage

206-14 Cooperative agreements with other government agencies

206-15 Hearings, witnesses, etc.

206-16 Investment of reserves

206-17 Additional powers

206-18 Security for funds deposited by board

206-19 Eminent domain

206-20 Contracts with federal government

206-21 Contracts

206-22 Performance bond, procedure

206-23 Exemption from taxation and assessments

206-24 Exemption of property from execution sale

206-25 Duty to make reports

206-26 Disclosure by private developer; public records

206-27 Bonds

206-28 State and political subdivisions not liable on bonds

206-29 Form and sale of bonds

206-30 Provisions of bonds

206-31 Remedies of an obligee; mandamus, injunction,

possessory action, receiver, accounting, etc.

206-32 Subordination of mortgage to agreement with government

206-33 Development project bonds as legal investments

206-34 Policy as to sale prices and rentals

206-35 Agreement to secure federal contributions; default

206-36 Payments to public bodies

206-37 Conveyance, lease, or agreement in aid of development

projects, purchase of bonds

206-38 Governmental advances and donations

206-39 Action of political subdivision by resolution

206-40 Purpose of chapter

206-41 Source of operating funds; disposition of unencumbered

funds

206-42 Conformity with federal law

206-43 Existing obligations, no impairment

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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 247-1

Section

247-1 Imposition of tax

247-2 Basis and rate of tax

247-3 Exemptions

247-4 Payment and liability of the tax

247-4.5 Appeals

247-5 Imprinting of seal

247-6 Certificate of conveyance required

247-6.5 Limitation period for assessment, levy, collection,

or credit

247-7 Disposition of taxes

247-8 Refunds

247-9 Enforcement and administration

247-10 Collection

247-11, 12 Repealed

247-13 Short title

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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 502-1

Section

502-1 Registrar; appointment; tenure; salary

502-2 Repealed

502-3 Deputy registrar, appointment, duties

502-4 Rules

Part II. General Provisions

502-7 Definitions

502-8 Bureau of conveyances special fund

Part III. Indexing of Records

502-11 Entry record

502-12 Indexes

502-13 Names of parties indexed

502-14 Entries where one transfers another’s real estate; in

partition cases

502-15 Annual indexes

502-16 Decennial indexes

502-17 Filing of; data on plans; monuments; metes and bounds

descriptions

502-18 Description; lot subdivisions

502-19 Plans on tracing cloth; size; scale

502-20 New maps for old

502-21 Recording of plans unlawful

502-22 Copies of plans furnished by registrar

502-23 Sale or lease by reference to lots or blocks without

filing of plans; penalty

502-24 Report of violations

502-25 Fees

502-26 Copies of instruments, certificates

502-27 Charges

Part IV. Recording

502-31 Recording, method

502-31.5 Reference in other sections

502-32 Instrument recorded as of time of delivery; office

hours

502-33 Identification of reference to registration of

original

502-34 Grantee’s address in deed

Part V. Acknowledgments; Proof of Instruments

502-41 Certificate of acknowledgment; natural persons,

corporations

502-42 Certificate, contents

502-43 Form when person unknown

502-44 Married women

502-45 Acknowledgments without the State

502-46 Same; certificate of authority of officer

502-47 Acknowledgment without the United States; by members

of the armed forces; recordation where no official

authorized to take proof

502-48 Identification of person making

502-49 Certificate of officer, or judge, necessary

502-50 How made; proof if not made

502-51 Exemption of instruments offered on behalf of United

States

502-52 Signatures of certain state officers, acknowledgments

not required

502-53 No certificate of acknowledgment contrary hereto valid

in court or entitled to be recorded; exception

502-54 Penalty for false certificate

Part VI. Interlineations, Erasures, Etc.

502-61 Changes noted in instrument

502-62 Penalty for not noting changes

502-63 Not recorded unless initialed

502-64 Repealed

Part VII. Records of Acknowledgments

502-71 Record of acknowledgments to be kept

502-72 Disposition of records

502-73 Same, open to inspection

502-74 Penalty for not keeping

Part VIII. Requirement and Effect of Acknowledging,

Recording, Not Recording

502-81 Instruments may be recorded; as evidence

502-82 Record or copy as evidence

502-83 Effect of not recording deeds, leases, etc.

502-84 Powers of attorney, etc.

502-85 Agreements of sale; priority

Part IX. Prior Records

502-91 Old records

502-92 Copies of old records

502-93 Retyping judgment registers

502-94 Translation of Hawaiian documents, recording

502-95 Validation of defective certificates

Part X. Veterans Certificates

502-101 Veterans certificates

Part XI. Other Provisions

502-111 Family child care homes; permitted uses in

residential areas

502-112 Prohibition of transfer fees

Part XII. Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act

502-121 Definitions

502-122 Electronic document and electronic signature; validity

502-123 Recording of documents

502-124 Uniformity of application and construction

502-125 Relation to federal Electronic Signatures in Global and

National Commerce Act

Note

For new part headings not included above, see text of chapter in this Supplement.

Cross References

Nonconsensual common law liens, see chapter 507D.

Law Journals and Reviews

Constructive Trust: An Equitable Doctrine for Protecting and Establishing Legal Interests in Real Property. II HBJ No. 13, at pg. 121.

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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 558-1

Section

558-1 Title

558-2 Purpose

558-3 Definitions

558-4 Creation of trust, powers of trustee

558-5 Inquiry into authority of trustee

558-6 Conveyance by trustee

558-7 Personal property

558-8 Disclosure of beneficiaries

Law Journals and Reviews

Tax Consequences of Land Trusts. 16 HBJ 3.

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HRS §464-13

§464-13  Structures exempted from provisions of chapter.  (a)  The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to work in respect to any privately owned or privately controlled one-storied building or structure, the estimated cost of which does not exceed $40,000, nor to any privately controlled two-storied building or structure, the estimated cost of which does not exceed $35,000.

(b)  The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to work in respect to any privately owned or privately controlled one-storied residence, the estimated cost of which does not exceed $180,000, nor to any privately owned or privately controlled two-storied residence, the cost of which does not exceed $162,000.

(c)  Whenever the exemption provided for in subsection (b) is applied to the construction of a new residence, it shall be noted and recorded with the bureau of conveyances.

(d)  Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the following work shall not be exempt from the requirements of this chapter:

(1)  Any building, structure, or residence in which the principal structural members consist of reinforced concrete or structural steel having riveted, bolted, or welded connections;

(2)  Any structure or improvement for which the State, a county, or political subdivision requires the use of an appropriately licensed design professional, including but not limited to:

(A)  Structures within special management areas, flood hazard areas, and special design districts; or

(B)  Improvements resulting from conditional use or other discretionary zoning permits, code compliances or variances, and building permit expediting procedures; and

(3)  Any improvement resulting from rules established by a landowner or an association of owners for private property owned by the landowner or association of owners. [L 1931, c 165, §9; RL 1935, §7041; RL 1945, §7613; RL 1955, §166-13; am L 1961, c 151, §1; HRS §464-13; am L 1969, c 146, §2; am L 1979, c 113, §1; am L 2023, c 177, §2]


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Title 28. Property

    Chapter 501

Land Court Registration

DIVISION 3. PROPERTY; FAMILY

TITLE 28. PROPERTY

Chapter

501 Land Court Registration

502 Bureau of Conveyances; Recording

502C Family Child Care Homes

503 Commissioners of Deeds—Repealed

503B Time Share Commissioners of Deeds

504 Federal Judgment Registration

505 Uniform Federal Tax Lien Registration Act (Modified)

506 Mortgages of Real Property or Fixtures

507 Liens

507D Nonconsensual Common Law Liens and Frivolous Financing

Statements

508 Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act

508C Uniform Environmental Covenants Act

508D Mandatory Seller Disclosures in Real Estate Transactions

509 Conveyances to Two or More

510 Community Property

511 War Emergency Agency–Repealed

512 Release of Powers

513 Property Rights–Labor Organizations

514 Horizontal Property Regimes–Repealed

514A Condominium Property Regimes

514B Condominiums

514C Lease to Fee Conversions for Condominiums and Cooperative

Housing Corporations

514E Time Sharing Plans

515 Discrimination in Real Property Transactions

516 Residential Leaseholds

516D Residential Leasehold Condominiums and Cooperatives

517 Disposition of Trust Real Property

517D Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act–Repealed

517E Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act

518 Covenants in Leases

519 Real Property Leases

520 Landowners’ Liability

520A Landowner’s Liability for Access to Control Invasive

Species

521 Residential Landlord-Tenant Code

522 Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act–Repealed

523 Revised Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property

Act–Repealed

523A Unclaimed Property

524 Facilities for Elders

525 Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities

526 Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act

527 Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act

CHAPTER 501

LAND COURT REGISTRATION

Part I. General Provisions

Section

Land Court; Personnel

501-1 Court; jurisdiction; proceedings; location; rules,

practice, etc.

501-2 Judges; assignment of cases

501-3 Sessions

501-4 Process

501-5 Repealed

501-6 Registrar and assistants; appointment, tenure,

powers, and duties

501-7 Registrar; powers, duties

501-8 Registrar may act in any circuit

501-9 Assistant registrars; powers

501-10 Registrar and assistants; oath, accounts, absence

501-11 Examiners of title; appointment, removal

501-12 Salaries and expenses

501-13 Validity of facsimile signature

Commencement of Land Registration Procedure

501-20 Definitions

501-20.5 Rules

501-21 Registration application; by whom made

501-22 Filing; memorandum to be recorded

501-23 Application, form, and contents

501-23.5 Disposition of fees received at the bureau of

conveyances

501-24 Agent for nonresident

501-25 Application may include several parcels

501-26 Amendments to application

501-27 Land bounded on way

501-28 Plans and muniments

501-29 Land subject to mortgage or lease

501-30 Additional facts

501-31 Transfers pending application; temporary record;

final record

501-32 Reference to examiner; report; election to proceed

501-33 Accretion to land

Notice after Report

501-41 Notice of application

501-42 Service; return day; further notice

501-43 Guardian ad litem; compensation

501-44 Contests not otherwise represented; duty of attorney

general; res adjudicata when

501-45 Answer intervention; surveyor to be heard when

501-46 Default; effect

Hearings and Powers

501-51 Reference to other judges or to master; maps,

reference; subdivision; costs; etc.

501-52 Powers of the court

501-53 Dismissal; effect; withdrawal, conditions

Review of Decisions and Decrees

501-61 to 63 Repealed

501-64 Enforcement of decrees; bailiff

Decrees

501-71 Decree of registration; conditional when; quieting

title, exceptions; reopened when

501-72 Types of nonabsolute title

501-73 Removing clouds on title

501-74 Decree, contents of

501-75 Transcription of decree in registry; certificate of

title

Legal Incidents of Registered Land

501-81 Legal incidents of registered land

501-82 Tenure of holder of certificate of title

501-83 Certificate effective from transcription

501-83.5 Outstanding owner’s duplicate certificates

501-84 Certificates, when two or more owners

501-85 Substitution, one certificate for several, several

for one; subdivisions, maps

501-86 Registration runs with land

501-87 No adverse possession or prescription

501-88 Certificate as evidence

501-89 Indexes, record books, etc.

Voluntary Dealing with Land after Original Registration

501-101 Voluntary dealing with registered lands

501-101.5 Agreements of sale; priority

501-102 Filing liens, etc., notice

501-103 Conveyances of less than fee simple

501-104 Reference of doubtful questions

501-105 Grantee’s address, etc., to be stated

501-106 Entry of new certificate

501-107 Entry record; duplicates and certified copies

501-108 Conveyance of fee; procedure

501-109 Portion of registered fee

501-110 Statement of encumbrances

Mortgages

501-116 Mortgage registration necessary

501-117 Procedure

501-118 Foreclosure

Leases

501-121 Leases; registration required

Trusts

501-131 Transfer in trust; procedure

501-132 Powers to be noted on certificate; construction for

court

501-133 New trustee

501-134 Trusts, implied or constructive

501-135 Application by trustee

501-136 Attachment and other liens; filing or recording of

501-137 Repealed

501-138 Discharge or modification of liens to be recorded

501-139 Assistant registrar as official recorder

501-140 Indorsement of and notices to plaintiff’s attorney

501-141 Court orders to be recorded

501-142 Mechanic’s lien

501-143 Enforcement of lien

501-144 New certificate after enforcement of lien; tax sale

Pending Actions; Judgments and Partitions; Recording

501-151 Pending actions, judgments; recording of, notice

501-152 Certificate of judgment for defendant

501-153 Certificate of judgment for plaintiff

501-154 Writ of possession, service, time limit for

registration

501-155 Judgment directing conveyance

501-156 Partition

501-157 Reregistration of mortgage or lease after partition

501-158 Notice of bankruptcy proceedings

501-159 Decree of discharge

Eminent Domain; Recording

501-166 Eminent domain; recording procedure

501-167 New certificate upon reverter of land

Descent and Devise

501-171 Registration upon transfer by descent and devise

501-172 License to sell or mortgage, not affected

501-173 Purchaser acquiring title through personal

representative may have the same registered

501-174 Power of attorney; registration necessary

Lost Duplicate Certificates

501-181 Repealed

Adverse Claims after Original Registration

501-186 Registration of adverse claims; notice; hearing;

costs

Compelling Surrender of Duplicate Certificate

501-191 Repealed

Amendment and Alteration of Certificate of Title

501-196 Alterations upon registration book prohibited

when; court hearings; limitations

Service of Notice after Registration

501-201 Service of notice after registration; how made;

effect

Fees and Actions for Recovery of Loss

501-211 Fees required for protection against loss or damage

501-212 Actions for compensation for fraud, mistake, etc.

501-213 Action, parties defendant

501-214 Judgments, how satisfied

501-215 Subrogation in favor of State

501-216 State, not liable when

501-217 Limitation of actions

501-218 Schedule of fees; authority to amend

501-219 Sale of land court maps

Penalty

501-221 Repealed

Miscellaneous Provisions

501-231 Family child care homes; permitted use in residential

Areas

501-232 Prohibition of transfer fees

Leasehold Time Share Interests

501-241 Leasehold time share interests

501-242 Status of leasehold time share interest as real

property

501-243 Dual recording involving leasehold time share

interests

501-244 Assignment of leasehold time share interest

501-245 Reference to recorded instruments pertaining to

leasehold time share interests

501-246 Legal incidents of a leasehold time share interest

501-247 Voluntary dealing with a leasehold time share interest

501-248 Jurisdiction for matters pertaining to leasehold time

share interests

Part II. Deregistration

501-261 Deregistration of fee time share interests

501-261.5 Deregistration of registered land other than

fee time share interests

501-262 Effect of deregistration

501-263 Effect of deregistration in specific cases

501-264 Chain of title of deregistered land

501-265 Status of fee time share interest and other

interest in deregistered land as real property

501-266 Dual recording involving deregistered land

501-267 Reference to prior recorded instrument

501-268 Legal incidents of deregistered land

501-269 Jurisdiction for matters pertaining to

deregistered land

Note

The $5 recording fee for deregistered land transactions is repealed on adoption of administrative rules. L 2009, c 120, §§16, 21.

Cross References

Nonconsensual common law liens, see chapter 507D.

Rules of Court

See Rules of the Land Court; applicability of Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure, see HRCP rule 81(b)(1), (d), (f), (g), (h).

Law Journals and Reviews

Constructive Trust: An Equitable Doctrine for Protecting and Establishing Legal Interests in Real Property. II HBJ No. 13, at pg. 121.

Case Notes

Act 73, L 2003, by declaring accreted land to be “public land” and prohibiting littoral owners from registering existing accretion under this chapter and/or quieting title under chapter 669, permanently divested a littoral owner of his or her ownership rights to any existing accretions to oceanfront property that were unregistered or unrecorded as of the effective date of Act 73 or for which no application for registration or petition to quiet title was pending; thus, Act 73 effectuated a permanent taking of such accreted lands without just compensation in violation of article I, §20 of the Hawaii constitution. 122 H. 34 (App.), 222 P.3d 441 (2009).

Act 73, L 2003, by declaring accreted land to be “public land” and prohibiting littoral owners from registering future accretion under this chapter and/or quieting title under chapter 669, did not effectuate a taking of future accreted lands without just compensation in violation of article I, §20 of the Hawaii constitution where plaintiffs had no vested right to future accretions to their oceanfront land that may never materialize. 122 H. 34 (App.), 222 P.3d 441 (2009).

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