§501-20 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Apartment lease” means a unit lease, a condominium conveyance document, a unit deed and ground lease, or other instrument which has been registered pursuant to section 501-121 and which leases or subleases a condominium unit or its appurtenant undivided interest in the land […]
§501-20.5 Rules. The supreme court of the State of Hawaii shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules relating to the processing of land court documents and instruments. [L 1986, c 246, §2] Rules of Court See Rules of the Land Court.
§501-21 Registration application; by whom made. Application for registration of title may be made by: (1) The persons who claim, singly or collectively, to own the legal estate or easements or rights in land held and possessed in fee simple, either as a whole or as owner or owners of an undivided part; (2) The […]
§501-22 Filing; memorandum to be recorded. The application shall be filed with the registrar. Upon filing the application the applicant shall forthwith cause to be filed in the bureau of conveyances a memorandum stating that application for registration has been filed, and the date and place of filing, and a copy of the description of […]
§501-23 Application, form, and contents. The application shall be in writing, signed, and sworn to by the applicant or by some person duly authorized in the applicant’s behalf. If there is more than one applicant, the application shall be signed and sworn to by, or in behalf of, each. The application shall contain a description […]
§501-23.5 Disposition of fees received at the bureau of conveyances. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, of the fees received at the bureau of conveyances, the registrar of conveyances shall deposit to the credit of the state general fund $18 for each document recorded and shall deposit the remaining balance and all fees other […]
§501-24 Agent for nonresident. If the applicant is not a resident of the State, the applicant shall file with the applicant’s application a paper appointing an agent residing in the State, giving the agent’s name in full and post office address, and shall therein agree that the service of any legal process in proceedings under […]
§501-25 Application may include several parcels. An application may include two or more parcels of land in which the applicant claims the same interests; provided that all parcels must be within the same district, as such districts are defined by chapter 4, except that the districts of North Kona and South Kona, referred to in […]
§501-26 Amendments to application. Amendments to the application, including joinder, substitution, or discontinuing as to parties, shall be allowed by the court at any time upon terms that are just and reasonable. All amendments shall be in writing, signed, and sworn to, like the original. The court may at any time order an application to […]
§501-27 Land bounded on way. If the application describes the land as bounded on a public or private way, it shall state whether or not the applicant claims any and what land within the limits of the way, and whether the applicant desires to have the line of the way determined. [L 1903, c 56, […]
§501-28 Plans and muniments. The applicant shall file with the application a plan of the land, and all original muniments of title within the applicant’s control mentioned in the schedule of documents. Such original muniments as affect land not included in the application may be withdrawn on filing certified copies of the same. When an […]
§501-29 Land subject to mortgage or lease. When an application is made subject to an existing recorded mortgage, or to a recorded lease for a term exceeding one year, or when the registration is to be made subject to such a mortgage or lease executed after the time of the application and before the date […]
§501-30 Additional facts. The rules of court may require facts to be stated in the application in addition to those prescribed by this chapter, and not inconsistent therewith, and may require the filing of any additional papers. [L 1903, c 56, §28; RL 1925, §3217; RL 1935, §5021; RL 1945, §12621; RL 1955, §342-22; HRS […]
§501-31 Transfers pending application; temporary record; final record. After the filing of an application, and before registration, the land therein described may be dealt with and instruments relating thereto shall be recorded and indexed by the registrar of conveyances in the usual manner and also entered in the index of applications; provided that such instruments […]
§501-32 Reference to examiner; report; election to proceed. Immediately after the filing of an application the court shall enter an order referring it to one of the examiners of title, who shall search the records and investigate all facts stated in the application, or otherwise brought to the examiner’s notice, and file in the case […]
§501-33 Accretion to land. (a) An applicant for registration of land by accretion shall prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the accretion is natural and permanent and that the land accreted before or on May 20, 2003; provided that: (1) The State may register land accreted along the ocean after May 20, 2003; […]
