Note Sections 501-1 to 501-248 designated as Part I by L 2009, c 120, §3. LAND COURT; PERSONNEL §501-1 Court; jurisdiction; proceedings; location; rules, practice, etc. A court is established, called the land court, which shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all applications for the registration of title to land and easements or rights in […]
§501-10 Registrar and assistants; oath, accounts, absence. The registrar and all assistant registrars shall be sworn before the judge, and a record thereof shall be made. They may administer oaths in all cases in which an oath is required, to persons appearing before them in matters pertaining to the registration of land. They shall keep […]
§501-11 Examiners of title; appointment, removal. The judge may appoint one or more examiners of title in the first judicial circuit, or when necessary in any other judicial circuit, who shall be persons of good moral character, and shall have been declared by the supreme court to be qualified for the office after examination. They […]
§501-12 Salaries and expenses. The judge of the court, the registrar, and the authorized clerks and assistants shall receive such salaries as are appropriated by the legislature. In the absence of such provision all salaries of officers or employees or fees of examiners of title shall be paid out of the appropriation for expenses of […]
§501-13 Validity of facsimile signature. A facsimile of the signature of the registrar, imprinted by the registrar or by such office assistant as the registrar in writing may designate, on any paper which the registrar is required by law to certify as a true copy, except a copy of a decree for transcription in a […]
§501-2 Judges; assignment of cases. The administrative judge of the circuit court of the first circuit, subject to the direction of the chief justice as provided by section 601-2(b)(2)(B), shall assign all land court matters to such judge or judges of the circuit court of the first circuit as shall be deemed appropriate. [L 1903, […]
§501-3 Sessions. The judge shall so arrange the sessions as to insure a prompt discharge of the business of the court. [L 1903, c 56, §4; RL 1925, §3193; RL 1935, §5002; RL 1945, §12602; RL 1955, §342-3; HRS §501-3]
§501-4 Process. Citations, orders of notice, and all other process issuing from the court shall bear teste of the judge, and be under the seal of the court and signed by the registrar. [L 1903, c 56, §5; am imp L 1913, c 21, §1; RL 1925, §3194; RL 1935, §5003; RL 1945, §12603; RL […]
§501-5 REPEALED. L 1984, c 102, §2.
§501-6 Registrar and assistants; appointment, tenure, powers, and duties. The judge of the court shall appoint a registrar and such assistants as may be allowed by law. The registrar or an assistant shall attend the sessions of the court and keep a docket of all causes, and shall affix the seal of the court to […]
§501-7 Registrar; powers, duties. The registrar shall be under the direction of the court, and shall have the custody and control of all papers and documents filed with the registrar under this chapter, and shall carefully number and index the same. The papers and documents shall be kept in Honolulu in an office to be […]
§501-8 Registrar may act in any circuit. The registrar may act in any judicial circuit. After lands have been registered under this chapter, the registrar may make all memoranda affecting the title, and enter and issue certificates of title as provided herein. [L 1903, c 56, §9; RL 1925, §3198; RL 1935, §5007; RL 1945, […]
§501-9 Assistant registrars; powers. The registrar of conveyances in the bureau of conveyances designated in section 502-1 and the registrar of conveyances’ deputy are assistant registrars to carry out the duties of recording and registration required under this chapter. Assistant registrars have the same authority as the registrar to make all memoranda affecting the title […]
