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HRS §172-12

Land patent after boundary and commutation settled

This section says how the state issues a land patent for part of an ahupuaa or other land after a boundary commissioner certifies the boundaries. The land department must appraise the land's unimproved value, and once you pay the government commutation, it must issue a patent describing those boundaries.

landowners

The statute, as written — Land patents issued after boundary and commutation settled

Upon presentation to the department of land and natural resources of a certificate of a commissioner of boundaries defining the boundaries of a portion of an ahupuaa, ili, or other denomination of land, the department shall cause an appraisement to be made of the unimproved value of that portion of land; and upon payment to the department of the government commutation in that portion of land, upon the appraisement as above provided, the department shall cause to be issued a land patent for that portion of land, which land patent shall define the boundaries of that portion of land.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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