Rule 3 - Form and Style of Documents(a)Form. All pleadings and documents to be filed in the land court shall be printed or typewritten on unruled white paper 11 inches long by 8-1/2 inches wide. Unless otherwise indicated in these Rules, the margins on all sides of the page shall be 1 inch in which no text or language shall be entered.(b)Form of first page. Unless otherwise indicated in these Rules, all pleadings and documents filed, except forms printed and distributed by the court, shall include on the first page a case caption which shall contain the following information: (1) The space at the top left of the center of the page shall contain the name, attorney number, office address, email address and telephone number of the attorney for the party on whose behalf the document is filed, and the name of all parties represented by the attorney, or of the party if the party is a natural person appearing without attorney representation;(2) Other than the information indicated in (1) above, the remainder of the space at the top 3 inches to the right of the center of the page shall be left blank for use of the clerk of the court or the electronic file stamp, seal, certification, or any other automatically affixed mark pursuant to the Hawai'i Electronic Filing and Service Rules;(3) There shall be centered on the page the name of the court in all capital letters, which shall be located below the above-described 3-inch space at the top of the first page; and(4) Below the name of the court, the entire caption and application number of the original application for the registration of title to land in the land court shall be stated. All original applications for the registration of title to land in the land court shall be entitled as follows:
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF
________________________, to register
title to real property.
A solid line under the original application caption shall separate the original application caption from the remainder of the new or current cause caption, as described below.
(5) Below the solid line, in the space to the left of the center of the page, there shall be stated in all capital letters the title of the new or current cause (which title shall include the full names of all of the parties in the initial pleading or document, but thereafter may be appropriately abbreviated);(6) In the space to the right of the title of the current cause, there shall be listed the court case number;(7) Below the new land court case number, there shall be listed, in all capital letters, an inventory of the complete title of each document being filed together, separated by a semicolon;(8) Below the inventory of all documents being filed together, if the document involves or is related to a hearing matter, then it shall indicate, in upper and lower case letters, the hearing date, time, and presiding judge. If the document relates to a nonhearing matter, then it shall indicate substantially in upper and lower case letters the following: "(Nonhearing Petition), as is appropriate." (9) in All captions regarding matters relating to land that is already registered land court shall appear substantially in the form that is reflected in LD Form C for hearing and nonhearing pleadings and documents and LD Form D for ex parte pleadings and documents in the Appendix of Forms.(c)Two or more pleadings or documents filed together. Where 2 or more pleadings or documents are bound or fastened together and are submitted for conventional filing together as a single pleading or document, only the first page of the first document shall follow all of the requirements of subsection (b), above. Following that, centered below the case caption and above the text of the first of multiple documents to be filed, the title of only the first document shall be typed in all capital letters. Following that, for each additional document being filed together, the attorney or party identification information at the top left corner of the page need not be included. The complete case caption and application and case numbers shall be included. Under the case number on the right half of the caption, only the title of that document shall be typed in all capital letters. Following that, centered below the complete caption and above the text of the document, shall be typed the title of the document in all capital letters and centered on the page.
For electronically filed documents, the documents shall be filed as separate docket items, pursuant to Rule 2 of the Hawai'i Electronical Filing and Service Rules.
(d)File-mark stamp. Documents electronically filed in the Land Court, which receive the Circuit Court of the First Circuit State of Hawaii's seal certification, signature, or any other automatically affixed mark, shall be deemed filed, sealed, certified, or signed in the Land Court of the State of Hawai'i, as required by statute.(e)Personal Information. Any personal information as defined in the Hawai'i Court Records Rules which is contained in any pleading or document to be filed with the land court shall be redacted and filed in accordance with the Hawai'i Court Records Rules.Amended November 6, 2019, effective 11/17/2019.