HRS §172-10
How the State can collect unpaid costs from owners
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section lets the attorney general start legal action to collect money that owners owe for certain expenses. The action is brought in the State's name and follows the same process used for foreclosing a lien. It can happen any time after the amount owed is determined.
landowners
The statute, as written — Enforcement of payment of expenses by owners
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.
The attorney general shall proceed, at any time after the determination of the sum due as hereinbefore provided, to enforce payment of the same by any proper proceedings brought in the name of the State in such manner as provided for in sections 172-1 to 172-6, in the foreclosure of lien for commutation.
Sections this one refers to
§172-1 List of lands with commutation fees and public notice
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