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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-29

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation created by chapter 201H. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Lease: means a conveyance of land or an interest in land, by a fee simple owner as lessor, or by a lessee or sublessee as sublessor, to any person, in consideration of a return of rent or other recompense, for a term, measured from the initial date of the conveyance, twenty years or more (including any periods for which the lease may be extended or renewed at the option of the lessee). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1
  • 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
  • leased fee interest: means all of the interests of the fee owner, lessor, and all legal and equitable owners of the land which is leased, other than the lessee's interest as defined by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1
  • Lessee: means any person to whom land is leased or subleased, and the lessee's heirs, successors, legal representatives, and assigns. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 516-1

Except in case of a sale of the leased fee interest to the lessee of a residential lot under lease, no sale or lease of any residential lots shall be made by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation unless it has given public notice on at least two different days in the county of its intent to sell or lease. The notice shall state, in general terms, the size, location, and prices or lease rentals of the lots to be sold or leased, the terms of the sale or lease, and the last date on which applications will be received by the corporation, which date shall not be less than thirty days after the first notice. The notice shall also state the times and places at which more detailed information with respect to the sale or lease may be secured by interested persons.