Deeds or leases of units adequately describe the property conveyed or leased if they contain the following information:

(1) The title and date of the declaration and the declaration’s bureau of conveyances or land court document number or liber and page numbers;
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 514B-44

  • Common interest: means the percentage of undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to each unit, as expressed in the declaration, and any specified percentage of the common interest means such percentage of the undivided interests in the aggregate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 514B-3
  • Declaration: means any instrument, however denominated, that creates a condominium, including any amendments to the instrument. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 514B-3
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Property: includes parcels with or without upper or lower boundaries, and spaces that may be filled with air or water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 514B-3
  • Unit: means a physical or spatial portion of the condominium designated for separate ownership or occupancy, the boundaries of which are described in the declaration or pursuant to § 514B-35, with an exit to a public road or to a common element leading to a public road. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 514B-3
(2) The unit number of the unit conveyed or leased;
(3) The common interest appurtenant to the unit conveyed or leased; provided that the common interest shall be deemed to be conveyed or encumbered with the unit even if the common interest is not expressly mentioned in the conveyance or other instrument, as provided in § 514B-37;
(4) For a unit, title to which is registered in the land court, the land court certificate of title number for the unit, if available; and
(5) For a unit, title to which is not registered in the land court, the bureau of conveyances document number or liber and page numbers for the instrument by which the grantor acquired title.

Deeds or leases of units may contain additional information and details deemed desirable and consistent with the declaration and this chapter, including without limitation a statement of any encumbrances on title to the unit that are not listed in the declaration. The failure of a deed or lease to include all of the information specified in this section shall not render it invalid.

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