§502-17 Filing of; data on plans; monuments; metes and bounds descriptions. (a) The registrar shall accept and file in the registrar's office, upon the payment of the fee as provided in section 502-25, any plan of land prepared in the manner prescribed by this section. Every plan shall contain:
(1) A short name of the tract;
(2) The name of the ahupuaa or ili, district, and island;
(3) Data concerning the original title of the land as may be known, together with the name of the last owner of record and the owner's address;
(4) The signature and address of the surveyor;
(5) The signature and address of the maker;
(6) The date of survey, scale, the meridian line, area, and the true azimuths and lengths of principal lines;
(7) The names of all known adjoining owners; and
(8) If the land is deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter 501:
(A) An application or consolidation number;
(B) A map number;
(C) A lot number; and
(D) The document numbers of the canceled certificate of title.
One or more durable monuments shall be placed on the land, shall connect with the government triangulation system, and shall be placed as indicated on the plan, unless the land is being deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter 501. Whenever the land platted is made up of more than one original title, it shall be necessary to show all original title lines in broken lines as follows:
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(b) The plan shall first be referred to the department of accounting and general services of the State which shall cause the same to be checked as to form and mathematical correctness but not on the ground. If the plan is drawn in accordance with this section and sections 502-18 and 502-19, the department shall indorse its approval of the plan on the face thereof, after which the plan may be filed of record. The department shall withhold approval of any plan until satisfied that the surveyor and maker of the plan is a licensed professional surveyor.
(c) Plans for the subdivision of land situated in any county shall, before approval by the department, be subject to approval by the appropriate officer, agency, or agencies in like manner as subdivisions under applicable laws.
(d) On receipt for recordation of a transfer or separate description document concerning a lot in a subdivision, the registrar shall accept and file the document with:
(1) A metes and bounds description, either solely or as part of the document;
(2) A county certified plat map, unless the land is being deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter 501; and
(3) A letter from a licensed professional surveyor, certifying that the metes and bounds description conforms to the accompanying plat map.
The document shall otherwise comply with the requirements for recordation under this section. Any parcel created or subdivided before the effective date of the subdivision laws of the respective counties is exempt from the provisions of this subsection.
(e) For checking the survey and plan as to form and mathematical correctness, the department shall charge $2 an hour and shall require the owner of the land to deposit the estimated cost thereof before making such check.
(f) All fees collected under this section, except as provided under sections 501-23.5 and 502-25 for the bureau of conveyances special fund, shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. [L 1905, c 23, §1; am L 1913, c 82, §1; am L 1915, c 68, §1; RL 1925, §3134; am L 1931, c 63, §2; am L 1932 2d, c 31, §1; am L 1933, c 24, §1; RL 1935, §5120; am L 1939, c 242, pt of §11; RL 1945, §12720; am L 1949, c 222, §14; am L 1951, c 271, §4; RL 1955, §343-11; am L 1957, c 316, §25; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §12; am L 1963, c 123, §1; HRS §502-17; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 303, §1; am L 1988, c 141, §56; am L 2001, c 130, §2; am L 2021, c 187, §4]
Cross References
Functions of surveyor undertaken by the department of accounting and general services, see §26-6.
Modification of fees, see §92-28.
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
502. Bureau of Conveyances; Recording
502-1 Registrar; appointment; tenure; salary.
502-3 Deputy registrar, appointment, duties.
502-8 Bureau of conveyances special fund.
502-13 Names of parties indexed.
502-14 Entries where one transfers another's real estate; in partition cases.
502-17 Filing of; data on plans; monuments; metes and bounds descriptions.
502-18 Description; lot subdivisions.
502-19 Plans on tracing cloth; size; scale.
502-21 Recording of plans unlawful.
502-22 Copies of plans furnished by registrar.
502-23 Sale or lease by reference to lots or blocks without filing of plans; penalty.
502-26 Copies of instruments, certificates.
502-31.5 Reference in other sections.
502-32 Instrument recorded as of time of delivery; office hours.
502-33 Identification of reference to registration of original.
502-34 Grantee's address in deed.
502-41 Certificate of acknowledgment; natural persons, corporations.
502-43 Form when person unknown.
502-45 Acknowledgments without the State.
502-46 Same; certificate of authority of officer.
502-48 Identification of person making.
502-49 Certificate of officer, or judge, necessary.
502-50 How made; proof if not made.
502-51 Exemption of instruments offered on behalf of United States.
502-52 Signatures of certain state officers, acknowledgments not required.
502-54 Penalty for false certificate.
502-61 Changes noted in instrument.
502-62 Penalty for not noting changes.
502-63 Not recorded unless initialed.
502-71 Record of acknowledgments to be kept.
502-72 Disposition of records.
502-73 Same, open to inspection.
502-74 Penalty for not keeping.
502-81 Instruments may be recorded; as evidence.
502-82 Record or copy as evidence.
502-83 Effect of not recording deeds, leases, etc.
502-84 Powers of attorney, etc.
502-85 Agreements of sale; priority.
502-93 Retyping judgment registers.
502-94 Translation of Hawaiian documents, recording.
502-95 Validation of defective certificates.
502-101 Veterans certificates.
502-111 Family child care homes; permitted uses in residential areas.
502-112 Prohibition of transfer fees.
502-122 Electronic document and electronic signature; validity.
502-123 Recording of documents.
502-124 Uniformity of application and construction.
502-125 Relation to federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.