HRS §172-12
Land patent after boundary and commutation settled
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗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.
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The statute, as written — Land patents issued after boundary and commutation settled
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.
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.
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