HRS §501-46
What happens if no one challenges a land title application
If nobody responds to a notice about a land title application within the allowed time, the court can record a default and treat the application as admitted. Then the court can confirm the applicant's title and order registration. The court doesn't have to accept the title examiner's report and can ask for more proof.
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The statute, as written — Default; effect
If no person appears and answers within the time allowed, the court may at once, upon motion of the applicant and no reason to the contrary appearing, order a general default to be recorded and the application to be taken for confessed. By the description in the notice "to all whom it may concern," all the world are made parties defendant and shall be concluded by the default and order. After the default and order the court may enter a decree confirming the title of the applicant and ordering registration of the same. The court shall not be bound by the report of the examiner of title, but may require other or further proof.
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