HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

732

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO LIENS.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 507-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Time for filing.  The Application and Notice shall be filed not later than [forty-five] ninety days after the date of completion of the improvement against which it is filed.  Where title to the property involved, or any portion thereof, is registered in the land court and the lien is not claimed solely against the lessees' interest in one or more leasehold time share interests as described in section 501-20, it shall be incumbent upon the lienor to file a certified copy of the Order Directing Lien To Attach in the office of the assistant registrar of the land court within seven days after the entry thereof in order to preserve the lienor's rights against subsequent encumbrancers and purchasers of the property."

     SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.



 

Report Title:

Liens; Application and Notice; Time for Filing

 

Description:

Increases from 45 days to 90 days the time by which an application and notice for a mechanic's or materialman's lien must be filed after completion of applicable improvements.  (HB732 HD1)

 

 

 

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