HRS §172-7
Listing unsurveyed land parcels by the comptroller
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The comptroller must make a list of all traditional land divisions in the state that have never been officially surveyed with exact boundary descriptions. This includes government-owned land. The list covers areas without a legal survey from any official document or court decision.
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The statute, as written — Unsurveyed lands; listing by comptroller
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 comptroller shall prepare a list of all ahupuaas, iliainas, and leles within the State (including those owned by the government), on which there has been no legal description of survey determined by metes and bounds, either by incorporation of same in land commission award, or patent in confirmation of award, or patent grant, or government deed, or deed of the commissioners of crown lands, or land court survey, or certificate of boundaries, or by decree of a court of competent jurisdiction of the State.
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