HRS §198-2
How conservation easements can be transferred and what they are
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗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 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.
(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.
Sections this one refers to
§198-1 What counts as a conservation easement
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