Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-8

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2
  • Land: means all real property, fast or submerged, and all interests therein, including fauna, flora, minerals, and all such natural resources, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any final order of the department based upon this chapter may be appealed to the circuit environmental court of the circuit in which the land in question is found. The appeal shall be in accord with chapter 91 and the Hawaii rules of civil procedure.