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HI Rev Stat § 501-217 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-217 Limitation of actions.

  §501-217 Limitation of actions. All actions on contract claims for compensation under this chapter by reason of any loss or damage or deprivation of land, or any estate or interest therein, shall be begun within the period of six years from the time when the cause of action accrued, and not afterwards; provided that the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of the land or estate or interest therein in accordance with section 501-213, may bring the action on the contract claim within one year after the termination of that action. The contract claim herein provided shall survive to the personal representatives of the registered owner, unless barred in the registered owner's lifetime, but the proceeds thereof shall be treated as real estate. [L 1903, c 56, §103; RL 1925, §3293; RL 1935, §5104; RL 1945, §12704; RL 1955, §342-104; HRS §501-217; am L 1972, c 91, §1(qq); am L 2006, c 38, §16]
HI Rev Stat § 501-219 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-219 Sale of land court maps.

  §501-219 Sale of land court maps. The department of accounting and general services may sell land court maps, for a reasonable fee as established by rules adopted under chapter 91. [L 1981, c 146, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 501-221 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-221 REPEALED.

  §501-221 REPEALED. L 1988, c 346, §27.
HI Rev Stat § 501-231 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-231 Family child care homes; permitted use in residential areas.

  §501-231 Family child care homes; permitted use in residential areas. (a) Family child care homes shall be considered a residential use. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, every recorded restriction or prohibition entered into whether by way of covenant, condition upon use or occupancy, or upon transfer of title to residential real property, which directly or indirectly restricts or prohibits family child care homes on residential real property is void.  (b) This provision shall not apply to:  (1) Housing for older persons as defined by 42 United States Code section 3607(b)(2);  (2) Limited-equity housing cooperatives created pursuant to chapter 421H; or  (3) Cooperative housing corporations created pursuant to chapter 421I.  (c) For the purposes of this section "family child care home" means a private residence, including an apartment, unit, or townhouse, as those terms are defined in section 502C-1, at which care may be provided for three to no more than six children who are unrelated to the caregiver by blood, marriage, or adoption at any given time. [L 1996, c 303, §3; am L 1999, c 242, § §5, 8(2); am L 2001, c 225, §3; am L 2005, c 20, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 501-242 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-242 Status of leasehold time share interest as real property.

  §501-242 Status of leasehold time share interest as real property. Nothing in this part shall affect the status of a leasehold time share interest as real property. [L 1998, c 219, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 501-243 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-243 Dual recording involving leasehold time share interests.

  §501-243 Dual recording involving leasehold time share interests. Nothing in this part shall prevent or prohibit the registration of an instrument which assigns or affects both:  (1) One or more leasehold time share interests; and  (2) One or more interests in registered land other than a leasehold time share interest. [L 1998, c 219, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 501-244 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-244 Assignment of leasehold time share interest.

  §501-244 Assignment of leasehold time share interest. Any instrument which first assigns or otherwise conveys a leasehold time share interest shall refer to the land court document number of the apartment lease or the most recent assignment of the whole thereof, whichever is later. Any subsequent instrument of assignment or conveyance shall refer to the book and page or bureau of conveyances document number of the prior instrument of assignment or conveyance for the leasehold time share interest acquired. [L 1998, c 219, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 501-245 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-245 Reference to recorded instruments pertaining to leasehold time share interests.

  §501-245 Reference to recorded instruments pertaining to leasehold time share interests. Any instrument assigning, conveying, or otherwise dealing with a leasehold time share interest and which requires a reference to a prior recorded instrument may satisfy the requirements of section 502-33 by reference to the land court document number (in the case of a document recorded pursuant to chapter 501) or to the book and page or bureau of conveyances document number (in the case of a document recorded pursuant to chapter 502) of the instrument to which reference is made. [L 1998, c 219, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 501-246 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-246 Legal incidents of a leasehold time share interest.

  §501-246 Legal incidents of a leasehold time share interest.  A leasehold time share interest, and ownership therein, shall in all respects be subject to the same burdens and incidents which attach by law to the lessee's interest in a leasehold apartment that is part of a condominium property regime established on unregistered land and which is not utilized in a time share plan.  Nothing in this part shall, in any way, be construed to relieve a leasehold time share interest or the owners thereof:  (1) From any rights incident to the relation of husband and wife;  (2) From liability to attachment or mesne process or levy on execution;  (3) From liability to any lien of any description established by law on the leasehold time share interest, or in the interest of the owner in the leasehold time share interest;  (4) To change the laws of descent;  (5) The rights of partition between coparceners and other cotenants;  (6) The right to take the same by eminent domain;  (7) To relieve such leasehold time share interest from liability to be recovered by a trustee in bankruptcy under the provisions of law relating to preferences; or  (8) To change or affect in any way any other rights or liabilities created by law and applicable to the lessee's interest in a leasehold apartment which is part of a condominium property regime established on unregistered land and which is not utilized in a time share plan; except as otherwise expressly provided in this part. [L 1998, c 219, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 501-247 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-247 Voluntary dealing with a leasehold time share interest.

  §501-247  Voluntary dealing with a leasehold time share interest. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, an owner of a leasehold time share interest may convey, mortgage, sublease, charge, or otherwise deal with the same as if the condominium to which it pertains was established on unregistered land. The owner may use forms of assignments, mortgages, or other voluntary instruments like those now in use and sufficient in law for the purpose intended.  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) and section 502-83, no assignment, mortgage, or other voluntary instrument (except a will, a lease for a term not exceeding one year, or an instrument required by this part to be registered in the land court and which is so registered) purporting to assign or affect a leasehold time share interest, shall take effect as a conveyance or bind the leasehold time share interest, but shall operate only as a contract between the parties, and as evidence of authority to the registrar or assistant registrar. The act of recordation pursuant to chapter 502 shall be the operative act to assign or affect the leasehold time share interest. [L 1998, c 219, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 501-248 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-248 Jurisdiction for matters pertaining to leasehold time share interests.

 [ §501-248] Jurisdiction for matters pertaining to leasehold time share interests.  The land court shall have jurisdiction over all matters relating to instruments required by this part to be registered pursuant to this chapter. Where any party is in doubt as to whether an instrument must be registered, the question shall be referred to the land court for decision; and the court, after notice to all parties and a hearing, shall enter an order determining the question. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this section, nothing in this part shall deprive the land court of exclusive jurisdiction pursuant to section 501-101 over registered land, or any interest therein, which is prior or superior to the interest of the lessee of a leasehold time share interest. The circuit court shall have jurisdiction, pursuant to section 603-21.5(a)(3), over:  (1) All matters relating to instruments required by this part to be recorded pursuant to chapter 502;  (2) All other matters pertaining to a leasehold time share interest (except those in which jurisdiction is vested in the land court pursuant to this section); and  (3) All matters as to which jurisdiction would otherwise lie in the land court in part and in the circuit court in part. [L 1998, c 219, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 501-262 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-262 Effect of deregistration.

  §501-262 Effect of deregistration. (a) From and after the date and time of deregistration of registered land:  (1) The deregistered land shall no longer be registered land for purposes of this chapter;  (2) No instruments, documents, or papers relating solely to deregistered land shall be filed or recorded with the assistant registrar pursuant to this chapter, but shall instead be recorded in the bureau of conveyances pursuant to chapter 502; and  (3) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, chapter 502 shall apply to the deregistered land.  (b) Neither voluntary deregistration of land other than a fee time share interest nor the mandatory deregistration of any fee time share interest pursuant to part II of this chapter, whether by recordation of a certificate of title in the bureau of conveyances prior to July 1, 2012, or by operation of law thereafter, shall disturb the effect of any proceedings in the land court where the question of title has been determined. All proceedings had in connection with the registration of title that relate to the settlement or determination of title to deregistered land before the date and time of deregistration, and all provisions of this chapter that relate to the status of the title, shall have continuing force and effect with respect to the period of time that title remained under the land court system. An uncertified fee time share interest certificate of title shall have the same force and effect as a certified fee time share interest certificate of title; provided that the assistant registrar shall have the right to correct and complete the uncertified fee time share interest certificate of title prior to certification thereof; provided further that upon certification thereof, section 501-261(2) shall apply. Those provisions giving rise to a right of action for compensation from the State, including any limits on and conditions to the recovery of compensation and the State's rights of subrogation with respect thereto, shall also continue in force and effect with respect to the period of time that title remained under the land court system. [L 2009, c 120, pt of §2, §21; am L 2012, c 121, §5; am L 2013, c 119, § §7, 11; am L 2016, c 215, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 501-265 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-265 Status of fee time share interest and other interest in deregistered land as real property.

 §501-265 Status of fee time share interest and other interest in deregistered land as real property. Nothing in this part shall affect the status of a fee time share interest or other interest in deregistered land as real property. [L 2009, c 120, pt of §2, §21; am L 2013, c 119, §11]
HI Rev Stat § 501-266 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-266 Dual recording involving deregistered land.

 §501-266 Dual recording involving deregistered land. Nothing in this part shall prevent or prohibit the registration of an instrument that conveys, assigns, or affects both registered land and deregistered land. [L 2009, c 120, pt of §2, §21; am L 2013, c 119, §11]
HI Rev Stat § 501-267 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-267 Reference to prior recorded instrument.

 §501-267 Reference to prior recorded instrument. Any instrument conveying or otherwise dealing with deregistered land and which requires a reference to a prior recorded instrument may satisfy the requirements of section 502-33 by reference to the land court document number (in the case of a document recorded pursuant to chapter 501) or to the book and page or bureau of conveyances document number (in the case of a document recorded pursuant to chapter 502) of the instrument to which reference is made. [L 2009, c 120, pt of §2, §21; am L 2013, c 119, §11]
HI Rev Stat § 501-268 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-268 Legal incidents of deregistered land.

 §501-268 Legal incidents of deregistered land. Nothing in this part shall in any way be construed to relieve deregistered land or the owners of deregistered land from:  (1) Any rights incident to the relation of husband and wife;  (2) Liability to attachment or mesne process or levy on execution;  (3) Liability to any lien of any description established by law on the deregistered land, or in the interest of the owner in the deregistered land;  (4) The right to change the laws of descent;  (5) The rights of partition between coparceners and other cotenants;  (6) The right to take the same by eminent domain;  (7) Liability to be recovered by a trustee in bankruptcy under the provisions of law relating to preferences;   (8) Any other rights or liabilities created by law and applicable to the owner of a condominium apartment that is part of a condominium property regime established on registered land and which is not used in a time share plan, except as otherwise expressly provided in this part; or  (9) Any other rights or liabilities created by law and applicable to the deregistered land, except as otherwise expressly provided [in] this part. [L 2009, c 120, pt of §2, §21; am L 2013, c 119, §11]
HI Rev Stat § 501-269 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|501. Land Court Registration|501-269 Jurisdiction for matters pertaining to deregistered land.

 §501-269 Jurisdiction for matters pertaining to deregistered land. The land court shall have jurisdiction over all matters relating to instruments required by this part to be registered pursuant to this chapter. Where any party is in doubt as to whether an instrument must be registered, the question shall be referred to the land court for decision; and the court, after notice to all parties and a hearing, shall enter an order determining the question. Notice to the owner of a fee time share interest shall be given by mailing notice to the association of time share owners required to be established pursuant to section 514E-29, and the association shall represent the owners in any matters and proceedings, without prejudice to the right of any individual owner to appear and be heard as a separate party. Except as expressly provided in this section, nothing in this part shall deprive the land court of exclusive jurisdiction pursuant to section 501-1 over registered land, or any interest therein, other than registered land that becomes deregistered land. The circuit court shall have jurisdiction, pursuant to section 603-21.5(a)(3), over:  (1) All matters relating to instruments required by this part to be recorded pursuant to chapter 502;  (2) All other matters pertaining to deregistered land (except those in which jurisdiction is vested in the land court pursuant to this section); and  (3) All matters as to which jurisdiction would otherwise lie in the land court in part and in the circuit court in part. [L 2009, c 120, pt of §2, §21; am L 2013, c 119, §11]
HI Rev Stat § 502-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-1 Registrar; appointment; tenure; salary.

Note Sections 502-1 to 502-4 designated as Part I and part heading amended by L 2009, c 102, §2(2).   §502-1 Registrar; appointment; tenure; salary. There shall be a bureau in the department of land and natural resources to be called the bureau of conveyances. A registrar of conveyances shall be appointed by the board of land and natural resources, under chapter 76, and shall be superintendent of the bureau. The registrar shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law. [CC 1859, §1249; RL 1925, §3124; am L 1931, c 63, §1; RL 1935, §5110; RL 1945, §12710; am L 1951, c 47, §1; RL 1955, §343-1; am L 1963, c 107, §1(a), (b); HRS §502-1; gen ch 1985; am L 2000, c 253, §150] Cross References  Conveyance tax, see chapter 247.
HI Rev Stat § 502-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-2 REPEALED.

  §502-2 REPEALED. L 2006, c 48, §9.
HI Rev Stat § 502-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-3 Deputy registrar, appointment, duties.

  §502-3 Deputy registrar, appointment, duties. The registrar, under the direction of the board of land and natural resources, shall appoint a deputy, for whose official acts the registrar shall be responsible, and whose appointment the registrar shall announce by public notice. The deputy shall act as registrar of conveyances, during the absence of the registrar, or in case of a vacancy in that office. [CC 1859, §1252; am L 1903, c 5, §1; RL 1925, §3126; RL 1935, §5112; RL 1945, §12712; am L 1951, c 47, §2; RL 1955, §343-3; am L 1963, c 107, §1(b); HRS §502-3; gen ch 1985; am L 1998, c 2, §103]
HI Rev Stat § 502-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-4 Rules.

  §502-4 Rules. The department of land and natural resources may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this chapter. [L 1993, c 141, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 502-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-7 Definitions.

Note Sections 502-7 and 502-8 designated as Part II and part heading amended by L 2009, c 102, §2(3).   §502-7 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  "Grantee" means a party that acquires interest by way of transfer of real property.  "Record", "recorded", or "recording" means the act of entering into the public records the written instruments affecting title to real property.  "Signature" means the name of a person as written by the individual, the affixing of a mark or finger or toe print, or electronic signature as that term is defined in chapter 489E. [L 1995, c 22, §2; am L 2009, c 120, §11]
HI Rev Stat § 502-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-8 Bureau of conveyances special fund.

 §502-8 Bureau of conveyances special fund. (a) There is established in the state treasury the bureau of conveyances special fund, into which shall be deposited the revenues remitted pursuant to sections 501-23.5 and 502-25, interest earnings, grants, donations, and appropriations from the legislature that shall be held separate and apart from all other moneys, funds, and accounts in the state treasury.  (b) Moneys in the bureau of conveyances special fund shall be used by the bureau of conveyances for the following purposes:  (1) Planning, design, construction, and acquisition of equipment, furnishings, and software necessary for the development of the recording system described in this chapter and chapter 501;  (2) Operating, maintaining, and improving the recording system described in this chapter and chapter 501 or any other purpose deemed necessary by the bureau of conveyances for the purpose of planning, improving, developing, operating, and maintaining the recording system described in this chapter and chapter 501;  (3) Permanent and temporary staff positions for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 501; and  (4) Administrative costs for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 501.  (c) All moneys in excess of $500,000 remaining on balance in the bureau of conveyances special fund on June 30 of each year shall lapse to the credit of the state general fund; provided that any balance of funds collected pursuant to section 16 of Act 120, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, shall not lapse to the credit of the state general fund. On July 1 of each year, the director of finance is authorized to transfer any excess funds in the bureau of conveyances special fund to the state general fund. [L 1999, c 125, §2; am L 2003, c 178, §58; am L 2009, c 120, §12]
HI Rev Stat § 502-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-11 Entry record.

Note Sections 502-11 to 502-27 designated as Part III and part heading amended by L 2009, c 102, §2(4).   §502-11 Entry record. The registrar shall make and keep in a form and manner as is prescribed by the board of land and natural resources a permanent record of the receipt of every:  (1) Deed and instrument left for record;  (2) Copy left as a caution;  (3) Plan filed; and  (4) Plan of the parcel or parcels of land deregistered pursuant to section 501-261.5; provided that the registrar shall note on the record, in addition to a description sufficient to identify the document and the date and time of its receipt, any other facts as prescribed by the board of land and natural resources. Every document shall be considered as recorded at the time so noted. [L 1905, c 4, §1; RL 1925, §3127; RL 1935, §5113; RL 1945, §12713; RL 1955, §343-4; am L 1963, c 107, §2; HRS §502-11; am L 2021, c 187, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 502-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-12 Indexes.

  §502-12 Indexes. The registrar shall keep indexes for public inspection in such form and manner as is prescribed by the board of land and natural resources. [L 1905, c 4, §3; RL 1925, §3129; RL 1935, §5115; RL 1945, §12715; RL 1955, §343-6; am L 1966, c 26, §2; HRS §502-12; am L 1980, c 39, §1; am L 1992, c 197, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 502-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 28. Property|502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording|502-13 Names of parties indexed.

  §502-13 Names of parties indexed. The registrar shall, within a reasonable time, cause the name of each and every grantor, grantee, or other party thereto to be entered at length and alphabetically in its appropriate index. [L 1905, c 4, §4; RL 1925, §3130; RL 1935, §5116; RL 1945, §12716; RL 1955, §343-7; HRS §502-13; gen ch 1993]