HRS §101-72
Buying private property by negotiation instead of bidding
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section lets the government buy private personal property through direct negotiation when it would otherwise take the property by eminent domain. It applies even if other laws normally require competitive bidding for government purchases. The government can choose to negotiate a price instead of holding a bidding process.
landowners
The statute, as written — Negotiated purchase of private personal property under threat of condemnation
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Any law requiring governmental purchase of personal property pursuant to competitive bidding to the contrary notwithstanding, private personal property, sought to be acquired under threat of the exercise of the power of eminent domain, may be acquired through negotiated purchase.
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