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HRS §198-2

How conservation easements can be transferred and what they are

A conservation easement can be sold or given away, in whole or in part, using any legal way to transfer real estate. It lasts forever and is treated as a real property interest, not a personal one. Its specific rules come from the document that creates or transfers it.

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The statute, as written — Nature

(a) A conservation easement is freely transferable in whole or in part for the purposes stated in section 198-1 by any lawful method for the transfer of interests in real property in this State. (b) A conservation easement shall be perpetual in duration. (c) A conservation easement shall not be deemed personal in nature and shall constitute an interest in real property notwithstanding the fact that it may be negative in character. (d) The particular characteristics of a conservation easement shall be those granted or specified in the instrument creating or transferring the easement.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§198-1 What counts as a conservation easement

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