HCC §18-7
Certificates owned by two or more people
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that when a certificate is issued in two or more names, the law assumes they own it together as joint tenants. This can be changed if they submit a written form to the commission saying otherwise.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Issuance in two or more names
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Any certificate issued in the names of two or more persons shall be presumed to be owned in joint tenancy, unless otherwise specifically stated by a written form submitted to the commission.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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