Hawaii § 101-5 - Fee simple or lesser estate may be acquired.
Full text of Hawaii Hawaii Revised Statutes § 101-5 — Fee simple or lesser estate may be acquired., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 101-5. Fee simple or lesser estate may be acquired.
In the taking of private property for a public use, a fee simple estate or any lesser estate may be acquired. [L 1896, c 45, §2; RL 1925, §810; RL 1935, §52; RL 1945, §303; am L 1951, c 12, §1(d); RL 1955, §8-5; HRS §101-5] Case Notes Condemning a fee simple estate subject to existing tenancy. 42 H. 415. Undivided interests in parcels of land owned in fee simple are fee simple estates and may be taken in eminent domain proceedings. 50 H. 501, 443 P.2d 140. Previous Vol02_Ch0046-0115 Next
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Section 101-5 ("Fee simple or lesser estate may be acquired.") is part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Hawaii. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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