REPORT TITLE:
State judgement liens


DESCRIPTION:
Allows the State to file liens on debtor's land registered in the
Bureau of Conveyances which will also attach to land registered
in Land Court.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO STATE JUDGMENT LIENS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 501-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§501-102  Filing liens[, etc.], notice.  Every conveyance,
 
 4 lien, attachment, order, decree, instrument, or entry affecting
 
 5 registered land, which would under existing laws, if recorded,
 
 6 filed, or entered in the bureau of conveyances, affect the real
 
 7 estate to which it relates, [shall,] if registered, filed or
 
 8 recorded, or entered in the office of the assistant registrar in
 
 9 the bureau of conveyances, shall be notice to all persons from
 
10 the time of [such] the registering, filing, recording, or
 
11 entering.  This section shall not be construed to relate to state
 
12 or federal tax liens, liens for any debt owing to the State of
 
13 Hawaii or any of its agencies, or child support liens that are
 
14 created pursuant to order or judgment filed through judicial or
 
15 administrative proceeding in this State or in any other state,
 
16 the recording of which shall be as provided by chapters 231, 505,
 
17 636, and 576D, respectively.  The recordation in the bureau of
 
18 conveyances of [the] a child support order or judgment [in the
 
19 bureau of conveyances] or a judgment wherein a debt owing to the
 
20 State of Hawaii or any of its agencies is set forth shall be
 

 
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 1 deemed, at such time, for all purposes and without any further
 
 2 action, to place a lien on land registered in the land court
 
 3 under this chapter."
 
 4      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 5 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 6      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.