ROH §37-1.1
Definitions for City Property Sales
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section defines key terms used in the city's rules about selling or giving away city-owned land. It explains what counts as real property and what actions count as disposing of it. It also names the city office and official in charge.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Definitions
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
Agency. Any office, department, board, commission, or other governmental unit of the city, other than the board of water supply.
Director. The director of budget and fiscal services.
Dispose of Real Property. To transfer or alienate real property by sale, gift, exchange, or other voluntary action, but shall not include the lease or rental of real property or the destruction or demolition of an improvement to real property. The phrase shall include the cancellation of any easement for access to the ocean.
Real Property. Includes a fee simple interest, a life estate, or a remainder or executory interest in land or any improvements thereon, whether legal or equitable, and any easement for access to the ocean, but does not include any license or any easement other than an easement for access to the ocean.
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