Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-82

  • Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Land: includes all interests therein and natural resources including water, minerals, and all such things connected with land, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
  • Person: means one or more individuals and does not include any partnership, firm, or corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-71

All subdivisions of public lands and premises covered by residential leases, all purchases and sales of improvements erected by lessees upon lots under residential leases, and all purchases of the fee titles to the leasehold premises by the lessees, and all sales of such fee simple titles during the ten-year period following issuance of a patent or deed thereupon to any person not disqualified under §§ 171-74 and 171-75, shall be subject to approval by the board of land and natural resources.