ยง501-154 - Writ of possession, service, time limit for registration.
ยง501-154ย Writ of possession, service, time
limit for registration.ย When in any action in the nature of an action of
ejectment an execution or writ of possession has been issued and served by the
officer, the officer shall cause a copy of the writ, with a return of the
officer's doings thereon, to be filed and registered within three months after
the service and before the return of the writ into the clerk's office.ย The
plaintiff, in case the judgment was that the plaintiff was entitled to an
estate in fee simple in the demanded premises, or in any part thereof, and for
which execution or writ of possession issued, is thereupon entitled to the
entry of a new certificate of title. [L 1903, c 56, ยง83; RL 1925, ยง3272; RL
1935, ยง5081; RL 1945, ยง12681; RL 1955, ยง342-81; HRS ยง501-154; am L 1972, c 91,
ยง1(dd); gen ch 1985]
Case Notes
ย Ejectment as remedy for removal of unregistered sewer line.ย
35 H. 225, 230; 50 H. 189, 436 P.2d 207.
ย Necessity of describing the area unlawfully occupied, see 35
H. 225, 228.