§501-21 Registration application; by whom made. Application for registration of title may be made by:
(1) The persons who claim, singly or collectively, to own the legal estate or easements or rights in land held and possessed in fee simple, either as a whole or as owner or owners of an undivided part;
(2) The persons who claim, singly or collectively, to have the power of appointing or disposing of the legal estate or easements or rights in land held and possessed in fee simple, either as a whole or as owners of an undivided part;
(3) Infants and other persons under disability, by their legally appointed guardians;
(4) A corporation by its proper officer or by an agent duly authorized by the board of directors;
(5) An unincorporated nonprofit association by a person authorized in a statement of authority recorded in the office of the assistant registrar of the land court or with the registrar of conveyances in the bureau of conveyances;
(6) Any personal representative duly appointed by the proper probate court, and duly authorized so to do by an order of court. For the purpose of registering title, such representative shall be a trustee of any title registered for the heirs of the estate, and be subject to the decree of distribution of the court of probate; and
(7) Any political subdivision of the State by its mayor, after resolution duly passed by its council so directing; the State, by the board of land and natural resources; or the government of the United States by any proper officer thereof thereunto duly authorized.
The basis for determining the fees payable in the registration of the easements and rights above stated shall, instead of the assessed valuation, be the value of the same as found by the land court and instead of the fee for examination of title chargeable under section 501-218, the fee shall be the actual amount allowed by the court to the examiner therefor.
The provisions relative to the registration and conveyance of registered land shall apply to the registration and conveyance of easements and rights. [L 1903, c 56, §19; am L 1907, c 43, §2; am L 1913, c 126, §1; am L 1921, c 208, §2; RL 1925, §3208; RL 1935, §5012; RL 1945, §12612; am L 1953, c 126, §1; RL 1955, §342-13; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §21; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §501-21; am L 1972, c 91, §1(d); am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; am L 2000, c 178, §2]
Law Journals and Reviews
For comparison of procedures under this chapter and quiet title statute, see Adverse Possession Against Unknown Claimants Under Land Court and Quiet Title Procedures. II HBJ, no. 2, at 4 (1964).
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
501-1 Court; jurisdiction; proceedings; location; rules, practice, etc.
501-2 Judges; assignment of cases.
501-6 Registrar and assistants; appointment, tenure, powers, and duties.
501-7 Registrar; powers, duties.
501-8 Registrar may act in any circuit.
501-9 Assistant registrars; powers.
501-10 Registrar and assistants; oath, accounts, absence.
501-11 Examiners of title; appointment, removal.
501-13 Validity of facsimile signature.
501-21 Registration application; by whom made.
501-22 Filing; memorandum to be recorded.
501-23 Application, form, and contents.
501-23.5 Disposition of fees received at the bureau of conveyances.
501-25 Application may include several parcels.
501-26 Amendments to application.
501-29 Land subject to mortgage or lease.
501-31 Transfers pending application; temporary record; final record.
501-32 Reference to examiner; report; election to proceed.
501-42 Service; return day; further notice.
501-43 Guardian ad litem; compensation.
501-44 Contests not otherwise represented; duty of attorney general; res adjudicata when.
501-45 Answer intervention; surveyor to be heard when.
501-51 Reference to other judges or to master; maps, reference; subdivision; costs; etc.
501-53 Dismissal; effect; withdrawal, conditions.
501-64 Enforcement of decrees; bailiff.
501-71 Decree of registration; conditional when; quieting title, exceptions; reopened when.
501-72 Types of nonabsolute title.
501-73 Removing clouds on title.
501-75 Transcription of decree in registry; certificate of title.
501-81 Legal incidents of registered land.
501-82 Tenure of holder of certificate of title.
501-83 Certificate effective from transcription.
501-83.5 Outstanding owner's duplicate certificates.
501-84 Certificates, when two or more owners.
501-85 Substitution, one certificate for several, several for one; subdivisions, maps.
501-86 Registration runs with land.
501-87 No adverse possession or prescription.
501-88 Certificate as evidence.
501-89 Indexes, record books, etc.
501-101 Voluntary dealing with registered lands.
501-101.5 Agreements of sale; priority.
501-102 Filing liens, etc., notice.
501-103 Conveyances of less than fee simple.
501-104 Reference of doubtful questions.
501-105 Grantee's address, etc., to be stated.
501-106 Entry of new certificate.
501-107 Entry record; duplicates and certified copies.
501-108 Conveyance of fee; procedure.
501-109 Portion of registered fee.
501-110 Statement of encumbrances.
501-116 Mortgage registration necessary.
501-121 Leases; registration required.
501-131 Transfer in trust; procedure.
501-132 Powers to be noted on certificate; construction for court.
501-134 Trusts, implied or constructive.
501-135 Application by trustee.
501-136 Attachment and other liens; filing or recording of.
501-138 Discharge or modification of liens to be recorded.
501-139 Assistant registrar as official recorder.
501-140 Indorsement of and notices to plaintiff's attorney.
501-141 Court orders to be recorded.
501-144 New certificate after enforcement of lien; tax sale.
501-151 Pending actions, judgments; recording of, notice.
501-152 Certificate of judgment for defendant.
501-153 Certificate of judgment for plaintiff.
501-154 Writ of possession, service, time limit for registration.
501-155 Judgment directing conveyance.
501-157 Reregistration of mortgage or lease after partition.
501-158 Notice of bankruptcy proceedings.
501-166 Eminent domain; recording procedure.
501-167 New certificate upon reverter of land.
501-171 Registration upon transfer by descent and devise.
501-172 License to sell or mortgage, not affected.
501-173 Purchaser acquiring title through personal representative may have the same registered.
501-174 Power of attorney; registration necessary.
501-186 Registration of adverse claims; notice; hearing; costs.
501-196 Alterations upon registration book prohibited when; court hearings; limitations.
501-201 Service of notice after registration; how made; effect.
501-211 Fees required for protection against loss or damage.
501-212 Actions for compensation for fraud, mistake, etc.
501-213 Action, parties defendant.
501-214 Judgments, how satisfied.
501-215 Subrogation in favor of State.
501-216 State, not liable when.
501-217 Limitation of actions.
501-218 Schedule of fees; authority to amend.
501-219 Sale of land court maps.
501-231 Family child care homes; permitted use in residential areas.
501-232 Prohibition of transfer fees.
501-241 Leasehold time share interests.
501-242 Status of leasehold time share interest as real property.
501-243 Dual recording involving leasehold time share interests.
501-244 Assignment of leasehold time share interest.
501-245 Reference to recorded instruments pertaining to leasehold time share interests.
501-246 Legal incidents of a leasehold time share interest.
501-247 Voluntary dealing with a leasehold time share interest.
501-248 Jurisdiction for matters pertaining to leasehold time share interests.
501-261 Deregistration of fee time share interests.
501-261.5 Deregistration of registered land other than fee time share interests.
501-262 Effect of deregistration.
501-263 Effect of deregistration in specific cases.
501-264 Chain of title of deregistered land.
501-265 Status of fee time share interest and other interest in deregistered land as real property.
501-266 Dual recording involving deregistered land.
501-267 Reference to prior recorded instrument.
501-268 Legal incidents of deregistered land.
501-269 Jurisdiction for matters pertaining to deregistered land.