HRS §198-3
Who can hold conservation easements
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says which groups are allowed to own conservation easements. It covers government bodies and certain tax-exempt organizations whose goals match this law. They can get easements by buying, agreeing, receiving as a gift, or through a will, but they cannot take them by eminent domain.
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The statute, as written — Holders
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.
Any public body and any organization which qualifies for and holds an income tax exemption under section 501(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and whose organizational purposes are designed to facilitate the purposes of this chapter, may acquire and hold conservation easements by purchase, agreement, donation, devise, or bequest, but not by eminent domain.
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