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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 281-58 (2026)

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     §281-58  Protests.  Protests against the granting of a license may be filed by any person.  Protests against the granting of a license upon such application, which qualifies for an automatic refusal pursuant to section 281-39.5 or 281-59, may be so filed by any registered voter for the area within five hundred feet of the nearest point at which the applicant proposes to establish or continue the applicant's business under the license applied for, or by any owner or lessee of record of real estate or by any owner of record of a share in a cooperative apartment situated within a distance of five hundred feet from the nearest point of the premises for which the license is asked to the nearest point of such real estate or cooperative apartment. [L Sp 1933, c 40, §33; RL 1935, §2602; RL 1945, §7254; RL 1955, §159-57; HRS §281-58; am L 1972, c 177, §6; am L 1984, c 123, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 2008, c 168, §14]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2008 · leading case: Singleton v. Liquor Comm'n, 140 P.3d 1014 (Haw. 2006).
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Singleton v. Liquor Comm'n, 140 P.3d 1014 (Haw. 2006). · cites it 5× “As to this matter, HRS § 281-59 enumerates three groups that may protest the issuance of a license: (1) “registered voters,” (2) “owners and lessees of record of real estate,” or (3) “owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment.”
E & J Lounge Operating Co. v. Liquor Comm'n of Honolulu, 189 P.3d 432 (Haw. 2008). · cites it 2× “However, persons living near the subject premises have a right to participate in the public hearing pursuant to HRS § 281-58 (allowing “any registered voter for the area within five hundred feet” of the premises or “any owner or lessee of record .”
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