§501-218  Schedule of fees.  (a)  Except
where otherwise provided by the supreme court of the State of Hawaii that shall
be empowered to amend or add to the schedule from time to time, or fees for
services by the bureau of conveyances set by rules adopted by the department of
land and natural resources, pursuant to chapter 91, the fees payable under this
chapter are as follows:



(1)  For every application filed pursuant to this
chapter, including indexing and recording the application, and transmitting to
registrar, when filed with assistant registrar, $3.



(2)  For every plan filed, $1.



(3)  For examining title, $10 and two-tenths of one
per cent of the assessed value of the land and improvements on the basis of the
last assessment for taxation, or the value of the land as determined under
section 501-211 when the land was not separately assessed.



(4)  For verifying and checking map on the ground, for
lots of one acre or less, $25; an addition of $1 an acre or fraction thereof
for all area over one acre and up to one hundred acres; an addition of 50 cents
an acre or fraction thereof for all area over one hundred acres and up to one
thousand acres; an addition of 25 cents an acre or fraction thereof for all
area over one thousand acres.



(5)  For checking survey and map as to form and
mathematical correctness, but not on the ground, $3 an hour.



(6)  For approving subdivision of registered land, and
for checking the form and mathematical correctness, but not on the ground, $3
an hour.



(7)  For all services by a sheriff or other police
officer under this chapter, the same fees as are now provided by law for each
service.



(8)  For each instrument affecting a title not
reported in applicant's filed abstract of title, $2.



(9)  For filing an amended application, $1.



(10)  For each notice by publication, 25 cents.



(11)  For entering any general default, $1.



(12)  For filing any answer, $1, to be paid by the
party filing the answer.



(13)  For every subpoena, $1.



(14)  For swearing each witness, 10 cents.



(15)  For entering any discontinuance, $1.



(16)  For filing notice of appeal, $30.



(17)  For entry of order dismissing application, or
decree of registration, and sending memorandum to assistant registrar, $1.



(18)  For copy of decree of registration, $1.



(19)  For filing any petition after original
registration, $1; an addition of 25 cents for each exhibit attached.



(20)  For filing any order after original registration,
$5.



(21)  In all cases not expressly provided for by law,
the fees of all public officers for any official duty or service under this
chapter shall be at a rate established by the court.



(22)  For any application made by or in the name of the
State, or any political subdivision of the State, any proceedings upon the
application or any dealing with registered land by the State, or any political
subdivision of the State, as owner, no fees shall be charged.



(b)  For recordation of the document of which
the United States, State of Hawaii, or any county of the State of Hawaii, is
the grantee, no fees shall be charged. [L 1903, c 56, §110; am L 1907, c 43,
§5; am L 1915, c 61, §1; am L 1921, c 156, §§1, 2; RL 1925, §3300; am L 1927, c
258, §11; am L 1929, c 75, §1; am L 1933, c 21, §1; RL 1935, §5105; RL 1945,
§12705; am L 1945, c 241, §2 and c 255, §3; am L 1949, c 394, §2; RL 1955,
§342-105; am L 1957, c 316, §24; HRS §501-218; am L 1972, c 91, §1(rr), (ss);
am L 1980, c 154, §1; am L 1985, c 147, §2; am L 1986, c 246, §25; am L 1988, c
346, §24; am L 1989, c 51, §3 and c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 281, §11; am L 1992,
c 197, §5; am L 1993, c 141, §2]



 



Cross References



 



  Modification of fees, see §92-28.



 



Rules of Court



 



  Fees, see RLC rules 70, 107; deposit of fees, see RLC rule 4.



 



Case Notes



 



  Paragraph (9) relating to instruments affecting title and not
reported, construed.  32 H. 813.