HRS §664-5
Land patents need settled boundaries
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The Department of Land and Natural Resources cannot issue a patent confirming a land award unless the boundaries are clearly defined in the patent. The boundaries must match a decision from a boundary commissioner or a court on appeal.
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The statute, as written — No patent on award until boundaries settled
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.
The department of land and natural resources is forbidden to issue any patent in confirmation of an award by name, made by the commissioners to quiet land titles, without the boundaries being defined in such patent, according to the decision of a commissioner of boundaries, or the intermediate appellate court, or the supreme court on appeal.
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