Current through September, 2024
Section 10-3-36 - Transfer of homestead leases(a) A lessee, with the written approval of the commission, may transfer the leasehold to any individual who is at least eighteen years old and qualified under the act provided that leases for vacant or undeveloped lots and undivided interests, or any interest therein, shall not be sold but may be transferred for no consideration or by succession.(b) Lease transfers to qualified relatives of a lessee or to beneficiaries on a waitlist shall have priority for processing over transfers to beneficiaries not on a waitlist.(c) The transferee shall immediately occupy the residence lot or use or cultivate the agricultural, pastoral, or kuleana lot. Failure to occupy or use the lot within sixty days from date of transfer shall constitute grounds for cancellation of the lease.(d) A transferee may own an interest in non Hawaiian home lands real property, regardless of degree of ownership.[Eff 7/30/81; am 2/3/83; am 9/24/83; am and comp 10/26/98] (Auth: HHC Act §222) (Imp: HHC Act §208)