HRS §501-29
Registering land that has a mortgage or lease
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗When you apply to register land that already has a mortgage or a long-term lease, or that gets one before the registration is finished, the court may require you to file a certified copy and present the original or a certified copy for registration before the registration is approved.
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The statute, as written — Land subject to mortgage or lease
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.
When an application is made subject to an existing recorded mortgage, or to a recorded lease for a term exceeding one year, or when the registration is to be made subject to such a mortgage or lease executed after the time of the application and before the date of the transcription of the decree, the applicant shall, if required by the court, file a certified copy of the mortgage or lease, and shall cause the original, or, in the discretion of the court, a certified copy thereof, to be presented for registration before a decree of registration is entered.
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