HRS §172-11
Land patents on land commission awards
This section says that when the state issues a land patent based on an old land commission award, the patent must be in the name of the original award holder, even if that person has died or sold the land. The patent then benefits the original holder's heirs or buyers.
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The statute, as written — Land patents on land commission awards; to whom, for whose benefit
Every land patent issued upon an award of the board of commissioners to quiet land titles, shall be in the name of the person to whom the original award was made, even though the person is deceased, or the title to the real estate thereby granted has been alienated; and all land patents so issued shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and assigns of the holder of the original award.
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