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HRS §441-5.5

Family burial plots

This section lets homeowners and farmers bury family members on their own land without following the usual cemetery rules. It only applies to family plots, not plots sold to others. If a body is later moved, the same rules as for regular cemeteries apply.

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The statute, as written — Family burial plots

Owners of residential or agricultural property who use or intend to use their property for the interment of family members, shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter; provided: (1) Burial plots on the owner's property shall be offered to family members only; (2) Burial plots shall not be sold or transferred to anyone, except as part of a sale or transfer of all or a substantial portion of the property; and (3) Any subsequent disinterment of any person interred on the property shall be conducted as though the property were cemetery property under section 6E-41.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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