HRS §501-44
State must contest land registration when no one else does
If someone applies to register land title and there are reasons to challenge it that no one else is raising, the state's top lawyer must step in and challenge it. This challenge does not count as a final decision that blocks later legal actions.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Contests not otherwise represented; duty of attorney general; res adjudicata when
Whenever there are grounds for contesting an application to have the title to land registered and the grounds or any of them are not being presented to the court, the attorney general or the attorney general's deputy shall contest all applications to register title irrespective of whether or not a specific claim on behalf of the State has been filed by the attorney general or the attorney general's deputy. The contest shall not be held to be res adjudicata in any subsequent action contemplated in section 501-212.
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