2025 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 12. Conservation and Resources
171. Public Lands, Management and Disposition of

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

• 171-1 Definitions.
• 171-2 Definition of public lands.
• 171-3 Department of land and natural resources.
• 171-4 Board of land and natural resources; terms and qualifications of members of the board; organization; expenses.
• 171-4.5 Aha moku advisory committee; established.
• 171-5 Meetings, regular, special; quorum.
• 171-6 Powers.
• 171-6.4 General administrative penalties.
• 171-6.5 REPEALED.
• 171-7 General duties of the board.
• 171-8 Land agents and other employees.
• 171-8.5 REPEALED.
• 171-8.6 Risk assessment working group.
• 171-9 Land districts.
• 171-10 Classes of lands.
• 171-11 Public purposes, lands set aside by the governor; management.
• 171-12 Permanent register of applicants for public lands.
• 171-13 Disposition of public lands.
• 171-14 Auction.
• 171-14.5 Auction pre-qualification; agricultural and pasture leases.
• 171-15 Drawing.
• 171-16 Notices.
• 171-17 Appraisals.
• 171-18 Public land trust.
• 171-18.5 Sugarcane lands conveyed for the development of housing projects.
• 171-19 Special land and development fund.
• 171-19.5 REPEALED.
• 171-20 Notice of breach or default.
• 171-21 Rights of holder of security interest.
• 171-22 Consent to mortgage.
• 171-23 Land patents and deeds, issued when.
• 171-24 Land conveyances, preparation, signing, record, copies.
• 171-25 Irrigation projects.
• 171-26 Rights-of-way to the sea, game management areas, and public hunting areas.
• 171-27 Taxes.
• 171-28 Government-owned Hawaiian fishponds; sale prohibition.
• 171-29 Report to legislature on all dispositions.
• 171-30 Acquisition of real property; general.
• 171-31 Depository for documents; filing, record.
• 171-31.5 Disposition of abandoned or seized property.
• 171-31.6 Criminal penalties.

PART II. DISPOSITIONS, GENERALLY
A. Policy and Planning

• 171-32 Policy.
• 171-33 Planning; generally.
• 171-34 Planning; intensive agricultural and pasture uses.

B. Leases or Sales

• 171-35 Lease provisions; generally.
• 171-36 Lease restrictions; generally.
• 171-36.1 Reservation of rights to prehistoric and historic remains on leased public lands.
• 171-36.2 Public lands for historic preservation and restoration.
• 171-36.5 Commercial, industrial, resort, mixed-use, or government leases; extension of term.
• 171-37 Lease restrictions; intensive agricultural and pasture uses.
• 171-37.5 Withdrawal or taking of leased land; fair compensation.
• 171-38 Condemnation of leases.
• 171-39 Leases; forfeiture.
• 171-40 Expired leases; holdover.
• 171-41 Commercial, industrial, and other business uses.
• 171-41.5 Amendment of commercial, hotel, or industrial lease.
• 171-41.6 Lessees within the last ten years of their lease terms; requests for interest
• 171-42 Hotel and resort uses.
• 171-43 Lease of campsites or sites for youth athletic and/or educational activities.
• 171-43.1 Lease to eleemosynary organizations.
• 171-44 Lease for recreation-residence use.

C. Residential Uses

• 171-45 Residence lots; sale or leases.
• 171-46 Residential sales or leases; planning.
• 171-47 Residence lots; improvement districts.
• 171-48 Residence lots, requirements.
• 171-49 Residence lots: unsold; forfeited; surrendered.
• 171-49.5 Resale, first offer to board; limitation on resale price.
• 171-49.7 Public lands suitable and available for residential development; inventory.

D. Miscellaneous

• 171-50 Exchanges.
• 171-50.1 Acquisition of lands for exchange under chapter 516.
• 171-50.2 Exchanges for conversion of leasehold lands to fee simple ownership.
• 171-51 Quitclaim.
• 171-52 Remnant.
• 171-53 Reclamation and disposition of submerged or reclaimed public land.
• 171-54 Land license.
• 171-55 Permits.
• 171-55.5 Agricultural plots.
• 171-56 Contract or license for concessions or concession space.
• 171-57 Reserved rights and easements.
• 171-58 Minerals and water rights.
• 171-58.5 Prohibitions.
• 171-59 Disposition by negotiation.
• 171-60 Development through private developer.
• 171-61 Cancellation, surrender.
• 171-62 Sales; payment, default.
• 171-63 Waiver of restrictions.
• 171-64 Covenants against discrimination.
• 171-64.5 Nonconventional uses; department of health; approval and authorization; Waimano ridge.
• 171-64.7 Legislative approval of sale or gift of lands.

PART III. SPECIAL DISPOSITIONS; SALES AND LEASES PERMITTED
WITHOUT PUBLIC AUCTION
A. Certain Agricultural Uses, Including Special Livestock and Pasture

• 171-65 Leases, leases with option to purchase, sales permitted; when.
• 171-66 Planning.
• 171-67 Restrictions; conditions.
• 171-68 Applicants; qualifications of.
• 171-69 Preference right.

B. Residential Leases

• 171-70 Findings and declaration of necessity.
• 171-71 Definitions.
• 171-72 Subdivision, improvement and lease of public lands.
• 171-73 Term, rent, and other conditions of residential leases.
• 171-74 Qualifications of lessees.
• 171-75 Persons disqualified to take residential leases.
• 171-76 Preference right to residential lease.
• 171-77 Transfers of title by bequest, devise, intestate succession, or by operation of law, and upon foreclosure.
• 171-78 Notice; drawing.
• 171-79 Purchase of fee title by lessee.
• 171-80 Cancellation of leases.
• 171-81 Surrender of lease.
• 171-82 Approval by board.
• 171-83 Costs of, and realization from, residential leasing.
• 171-84 Leases to certain developers of housing for low and moderate income families.

C. Disposition to Victims of Natural Disaster
1. disposition for other than residential
or agricultural purposes

• 171-85 Definitions.
• 171-86 Purpose.
• 171-87 Disposition to victims of natural disaster, when.
• 171-88 Option to purchase.
• 171-89 Applications.
• 171-90 Eligibility.
• 171-91 Notice of availability of leases; selection of lessees.
• 171-92 Existing public leases.

2. disposition for residential purposes

• 171-93 Authorization.
• 171-94 Persons dispossessed or displaced.

D. Disposition to Government Agencies and Public Utilities

• 171-95 Disposition to governments, governmental agencies, public utilities, and renewable energy producers.
• 171-95.1 Authority of board to extend leases under certain circumstances.
• 171-95.3 Renewable energy producers; lease of public lands without public auction.
• 171-95.5 Lease to public charter schools.
• 171-96 Lease to foreign governments.

PART IV. RELATING TO EXISTING HOMESTEAD RIGHTS;
CONTINUATION THEREOF AND REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS

• 171-97 Definitions.
• 171-98 Release of restrictions.
• 171-99 Continuation of rights under existing homestead leases, certificates of occupation, right of purchase leases, and cash freehold agreements.
• 171-100 Successor determination program.

PART V. LANDS FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES

• 171-111 REPEALED.
• 171-112 Acquisition.
• 171-113 to 171-116.5 REPEALED.
• 171-117 Public lands; agricultural park lands.
• 171-118 REPEALED.

PART VI. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• 171-121 Molokai forest lands, management program established.

PART VII. INDUSTRIAL PARKS

• 171-131 Definitions.
• 171-132 Designation of industrial park.
• 171-133 Authority to plan, improve, develop, operate, and maintain industrial parks.
• 171-134 Industrial park development.
• 171-135 Joint venture or development agreement.
• 171-136 Disposition of public lands within industrial park.
• 171-137 Preference.
• 171-138 REPEALED.
• 171-139 Acquisition.
• 171-140 Rules.
• 171-141 Lease for eligible permittee in industrial park.
• 171-142 Lease for lessees dislocated by condemnation proceedings.
• 171-143 Rate policy.
• 171-144 Issuance of revenue bonds.

PART VIII. RESTORATION OF BEACH LANDS

• 171-151 Definitions.
• 171-152 General powers.
• 171-153 Beach restoration plan.
• 171-154 Authority to lease coastal lands.
• 171-155 Development of public coastal lands.
• 171-156 Beach restoration special fund.

PART IX. TURTLE BAY, OAHU

• 171-171 Reimbursable general obligation bonds for conservation easement and other real property interests in Turtle Bay, Oahu.
• 171-172 Turtle Bay conservation easement special fund.
• 171-173 Turtle Bay appraisal and due diligence.
• 171-174 Lease of Turtle Bay lands.

PART X. HILO COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DISTRICT

• 171-191 Definitions.
• 171-192 Lease restrictions.
• 171-193 Lessees within the last ten years of their lease terms; request for interest.