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Palmyra Island was registered in Land Court in 1912, [6] and land parcels there were subdivided and transferred in that system until 1959, when the rest of the Territory of Hawaii, excluding Palmyra and the Stewart Islands, became the State of Hawaii (Hawaii Admission Act [7]). The Land Court became a state court and lost jurisdiction over ...
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff, 467 U.S. 229 (1984), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a state could use eminent domain to take land that was overwhelmingly concentrated in the hands of private landowners and redistribute it to the wider population of private residents.
Once an instrument affecting the title to real estate has been recorded, the law holds that everyone is deemed to know of its existence, even if they have not searched the records in the recorder's office. This is the doctrine of "constructive notice" and it is nearly universal in the various states of the U.S. So, for example, after a deed or ...
Nov. 7—The velocity of a roughly two-year slowdown for Oahu home sales eased in October, and the median price paid for single-family houses ticked up to break a 10-month string of year-over-year ...
In some jurisdictions, property is taxed based on its classification. Classification is the grouping of properties based on similar use. Examples of classification are residential, commercial, industrial, vacant, and blighted real property. Property classification are used to tax properties at different rates and for different public policy ...
In 2014, most of its real estate assets were sold for $373 million. [1] The real estate portfolio had consisted of land holdings on the windward side of Oahu, Hawaii, as well as other Oahu and mainland United States properties. Properties had included commercial, retail, office, industrial and residential parcels. [2]
In 1893, pro-American elements in Hawaii overthrew the monarchy and formed the Republic of Hawaii, which the U.S. annexed in 1898. [8] In 1921, in order to make amends for injustices associated with the overthrow and annexation, the US created the Hawaiian Homes Commissions Act which set aside 200,000 acres of land for the use of homelands for Native Hawaiians of 50% blood quantum or more.
Honolulu: 1981 2024–present — — Biden: 16 District Judge Shanlyn A. S. Park: Honolulu: 1969 2024–present — — Biden: 8 Senior Judge David Alan Ezra: San Antonio, Texas [Note 1] 1947 1988–2012 1999–2005 2012–present Reagan: 9 Senior Judge Helen W. Gillmor: Honolulu: 1942 1994–2009 2005–2009 2009–present Clinton: 10 Senior ...