HRS §322-31
State's cost to improve land becomes a top-priority lien
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗When the comptroller pays for improvements to land, the cost becomes a lien on that land. This lien comes before all other liens, meaning the state gets paid first from the property's value.
landowners
The statute, as written — Lien
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 cost of the improvements made or completed by the comptroller as determined and apportioned pursuant to the provisions of this part shall constitute a lien upon the land improved, which lien shall have priority over all other liens.
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