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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 501-121 (2026)

  Leases; registration required

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LEASES

 

     §501-121  Leases; registration required.  Leases of registered land for a term of one year or more shall be registered. [L 1903, c 56, §64; RL 1925, §3253; RL 1935, §5063; RL 1945, §12663; am L 1951, c 142, §4; RL 1955, §342-63; HRS §501-121]

 

Cross References

 

  Land subject to mortgage or lease, see §501-29.

 

Case Notes

 

  Purchaser of lease noted on certificate of title holds free of unregistered sublease.  33 H. 343 (1935).

  Cited:  60 H. 40, 587 P.2d 294 (1978).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: City & Cty. of Honolulu v. As Clarke, Inc., 587 P.2d 294 (Haw. 1978).
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City & Cty. of Honolulu v. As Clarke, Inc., 587 P.2d 294 (Haw. 1978). · cites it 4× “As such, HRS § 501-121 (1976) plainly provides as follows: Leases; registration required.”
City & Cnty. of Honolulu v. F. E. Trotter, Inc., 757 P.2d 647 (Haw. 1988). · cites it 2× “HRS § 501-121 reads as follows: Leases; registration required.”
Zhang v. Wu (Haw. App. 2026). · cites it 10× “After referring to the 6/ HRS § 501-121 (2018) provides: Leases; registration required.”
In Re Kiki, Ltd., 40 B.R. 82 (Bankr. D. Haw. 1984). · cites it 4× “The subject property is registered land and, under HRS § 501-121, the lease was subject to enrollment under Hawaii’s Land Court system of recordation.”
Peak Capital Grp., LLC v. Perez. (Haw. 2017). · cites it 2× “The referenced pages also cite to HRS § 501-121 (1976) which then and still provides that a “(l)ease of registered land for a term of one year or more shall be registered.”
Cuzco Dev. U.S.A., LLC v. JCCHO Hawaii, LLC (In re Cuzco Dev. U.S.A., LLC), 561 B.R. 832 (Bankr. D. Haw. 2016). · cites it 2× “In these circumstances, JCCHO was not entitled to rely on East West Bank’s NOPA.”
Redemption Bible Coll. v. Int'l Pentecostal Holiness Church, 230 P.3d 433 (Haw. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “The failure to record the oral "lease" on the transfer certificates of title for the 349/355 Property did not violate HRS § 501-121 (2006) because the "lease" could have terminated in less than one year.”
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