Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 171-13 (2026)

Disposition of public lands

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§171-13 Disposition of public lands. Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to other provisions of this chapter, the board may:

(1) Dispose of public land in fee simple, by lease, lease with option to purchase, license, or permit; and

(2) Grant easement by direct negotiation or otherwise for particular purposes in perpetuity on such terms as may be set by the board, subject to reverter to the State upon termination or abandonment of the specific purpose for which it was granted, provided the sale price of such easement shall be determined pursuant to section 171-17(b).

No person shall be eligible to purchase or lease public lands, or to be granted a license, permit, or easement covering public lands, who has had during the five years preceding the date of disposition a previous sale, lease, license, permit, or easement covering public lands canceled for failure to satisfy the terms and conditions thereof. [L 1962, c 32, pt of §2; Supp, §103A-13; HRS §171-13; am L 1973, c 205, §1; am L 1976, c 193, §1; am L 1980, c 4, §1; am L 1983, c 25, §1; am L Sp 2001 3d, c 15, §§12, 13; am L 2002, c 69, §1]

Attorney General Opinions

Where land passes to the State by erosion or sea level rise, the board of land and natural resources must require the former landowner to pay fair market value in order to obtain an easement or other interest in the land. Att. Gen. Op. 17-1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1973–2025 · leading case: Hui Kako'o Aina Ho'opulapula v. Bd. of Land & Nat. Resources, 143 P.3d 1230 (Haw. 2006).

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Hui Kako'o Aina Ho'opulapula v. Bd. of Land & Nat. Resources, 143 P.3d 1230 (Haw. 2006). · cites it 2× “See [Sharma ] (noting that internal management of an agency necessarily includes the custodial management *47 of public property entrusted to the agency, and holding that a contested case hearing was not “required by law” for BLNR decisions relating to such management); HRS §…”

Natatorium Pres. Comm. v. Edelstein, 515 P.2d 621 (Haw. 1973). · cites it 4× “This interpretation not only preserves as meaningful all parts of HRS § 171-11, but also is consistent with HRS § 171-13, which defines the disposition powers of the Board as broad, but subject to exceptions "provided by law and subject to other provisions of this chapter [ch.”

Frankel v. Bd. of Land & Nat. Resources. Opinion by Hiraoka, J. Concurring in Part & Dissenting in Part., 155 Haw. 358 (Haw. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “]" The Revised Template referenced HRS §§ 171-13 and -15, section 5 lands of the Hawai‘i Admission Act, HRS Chapter 343, and HAR § 11-200-8.”

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