HRS §532-3
No need to physically hold property to pass it on
This section says that when someone dies without a will, their property can still be passed to heirs even if they never physically held or possessed it. It is enough that they had a legal right to the property when they died.
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The statute, as written — Actual possession not requisite
It shall not be requisite that the intestate shall have been in actual possession of the property; it is sufficient if he had a good claim to it at the time of his death. [CC 1859, §1461; RL 1925, §3303; RL 1935, §4811; RL 1945, §12071; RL 1955, §318-3; HRS §532-3]
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