If a lessee has abandoned the tract by failing to use or occupy the premises or cannot be located after at least two attempts to contact the lessee by certified mail, the department shall publish a public notice at least once in each of four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the State. The notice shall direct the lessee to present himself or herself at the department within one hundred twenty days from the first day of publication of the notice. The notice shall also state that the lease will be canceled in accordance with sections 210 and 216 of the act and that the department shall appraise the value of the improvements and growing crops and stock, if any, if the lessee fails to respond by the date set by the public notice. In addition, the department shall post a public notice on the abandoned tract. After cancellation of the lease and completion of the appraisal, the department shall make the payment in accordance with section 10-3-65 if there are any net proceeds and if the previous lessee is located.
Haw. Code R. § 10-3-67