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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 101-33 (2026)

  Allowance of interest, etc

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     §101-33  Allowance of interest, etc.  If an order is made letting the plaintiff into possession as provided for in sections 101-28, 101-29, and 101-32, the final judgment shall include, as part of the just compensation and damages awarded, interest at the rate provided in section 101-25 from the date of the order until paid by the plaintiff; provided that except in the case of an appeal by the plaintiff as provided in section 101-32, interest shall not be allowed upon any sum paid by the plaintiff to the clerk of the court from the date of the payment.  The court may fix and include in the order or judgment the time within which and the terms upon which the parties in possession shall be required to surrender possession to the plaintiff.  The court may make such orders in respect of encumbrances, liens, rentals, taxes, assessments, insurance, and other charges, if any, as shall be just and equitable. [L 1896, c 45, pt of §16; RL 1925, pt of §825; RL 1935, pt of §68; am L 1937, c 184, pt of §5; RL 1945, §319, subs 3; am L 1951, c 12, pt of §1(l); RL 1955, §8-31; HRS §101-33]

 

Case Notes

 

  Section applied in computing rate of interest from order of possession to date of judgment.  45 H. 650, 372 P.2d 348.  Interest is allowable on amount stipulated as value.  48 H. 444, 404 P.2d 373.

  Blight of summons damages are computed at 5% interest rate (State v. Coney, 45 H. 650, overruled).  54 H. 385, 507 P.2d 1084.

  Blight of summons damages.  55 H. 226, 517 P.2d 7.

  Section does not authorize award of "interest on interest" or require that interest be awarded for periods where condemnation trial continued at landowner's request.  64 H. 168, 637 P.2d 1131.

  In eminent domain proceedings, a deposit of estimated just compensation does not become conditional, and blight of summons damages do not begin to accrue, when a condemning authority objects to a condemnee's motion to withdraw funds based on the fact that the condemnee's entitlement to such funds is unclear.  139 H. 511, 394 P.3d 741 (2017).

  Where the plaintiff county of Kauai ("county") deposited estimated just compensation with the court following eminent domain proceedings, the circuit court abused its discretion in ruling that the county's deposit was unconditional and stopped the running of interest as blight of summons damages.  The landowners were entitled to further blight of summons damages because the county's requirement of indemnification further delayed payment and constituted a condition placed upon the deposit of estimated just compensation.  137 H. 471 (App.), 375 P.3d 250 (2016).

  See 50 H. 237, 437 P.2d 321.

  Cited:  30 H. 1, 6; 36 H. 348, 351.

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1973–2017 · leading case: City & Cnty. of Honolulu v. Mkt. Place, Ltd., 517 P.2d 7 (Haw. 1973).
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City & Cnty. of Honolulu v. Mkt. Place, Ltd., 517 P.2d 7 (Haw. 1973). · cites it 46× “One arises during the period between the date of order of possession under HRS §§ 101-28 or 29 and the date of final payment of just compensation to the defendant, and consists of interest at the statutory rate of 5% per annum provided in HRS §§ 101-33 and 25 applied during this…”
State, by Atty. Gen. v. Pioneer Mill Co., 637 P.2d 1131 (Haw. 1981). · cites it 22× “25, as provided by HRS § 101-33, 10 for the period between *184 June 17, 1976 when the State gained possession of the land and the date of the deposit of the remainder of the sum awarded, but excluding interest that might otherwise have accrued over periods of approximately…”
City & Cnty. of Honolulu v. BONDED INVEST. CO., LTD., 507 P.2d 1084 (Haw. 1973). · cites it 16× “" HRS § 101-33 provides that, as a part of just compensation and damages, interest at the rate provided in HRS § 101-25 shall be given from the date of order of possession under HRS § 101-28, 29, until the final judgment is paid.”
Cnty. of Kauai v. Hanalei River Holdings Ltd.., 394 P.3d 741 (Haw. 2017). · cites it 12× “” 8 HRS § 101-33 (1993) provides in pertinent part: If an order is made letting the plaintiff into possession as provided for in sections 101-28, 101-29, and 101-32, the final judgment shall include, as part of the just compensation and damages awarded, interest at the rate…”
Cnty. of Kaua'i v. Hanalei River Holdings Ltd., 375 P.3d 250 (Haw. App. 2016). · cites it 9× “If an order is made letting the plaintiff into possession as provided for in sections 101— 28, 101-29, and 101-32, the final judgment shall include, as part of the just compensation and damages awarded, interest at the rate provided inj section 101-25 from the date of the order…”
Hous. Fin. & Dev. Corp. v. Takabuki, 921 P.2d 92 (Haw. 1996). · cites it 8× “Instead, the Lessees and the HFDC argue that their deposits were made pursuant to HRS 101-25 (1985) [5] and represented payment of the amounts owed as per the final judgments entered by the circuit court — i.”
Larsen v. Pacesetter Sys., Inc., 837 P.2d 1273 (Haw. 1992). “2d 1131, 1142 (1981) (postjudgment interest on blight of summons damages is interest on interest and § 101-33 contains no authority for the award).”
South Carolina Dep't of Transp. v. Faulkenberry, 522 S.E.2d 822 (S.C. Ct. App. 1999). “§ 31-1-116; Haw.Rev.Stat. § 101-33; Idaho Code § 7-721 (6); Ill.”
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