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HRS §322-23

Notice to property owners to make improvements

When the comptroller gets a notice about needed land improvements, they must give a copy to the owner or occupant. The notice says a plan is available and warns that if work doesn't start in time, the State will do it and charge the land.

landowners

The statute, as written — Notice to owners to improve

The comptroller upon the receipt of the notice shall cause a copy of the same to be served in the manner prescribed in section 322-24 upon the owner or occupant of the land. The comptroller shall also notify each owner or occupant that a detailed statement and map or plan of the proposed improvement is on file in the comptroller's office accessible to the owner or occupant. The comptroller shall at the same time and in the same manner serve notice that, in case of failure to begin work upon the improvements within twenty days, or such further time in special cases as to the comptroller may seem reasonable, and to complete such work within a reasonable time in the notice designated, such work or so much thereof as may remain undone will be done by the State at the cost of the lands benefited thereby.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§322-24 How to legally deliver notice to a landowner

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