Ā§171-23Ā  Land patents and deeds, issuedwhen.Ā  Except as otherwise provided, a land patent or a deed shall issueunder the seal of the department of land and natural resources to the purchaserin fee simple of any public land or other land disposable by the board of landand natural resources or to any holder of an award from the board [of]commissioners to quiet titles upon payment of the commutation, if any, requiredunder sections 172-1 to 172-6 and upon presentation of satisfactory proof bythe claimant to the lands covered by the award of sufficient right, title, andinterest to the awarded land. [L 1962, c 32, pt of Ā§2; Supp, Ā§103A-23; HRSĀ§171-23]

 

Case Notes

 

Decisions under prior law.

Ā  Patent not void on its face can only be set aside in equity.3 H. 270.Ā  Set aside only on a clear showing of fraud or mistake in issue.Ā  3H. 359.Ā  Patents based on awards do not confer or confirm title.Ā  3 H. 783.Ā Canceled royal patent has no existence for any purpose.Ā  4 H. 239.

Ā  Action to cancel royal patent.Ā  5 H. 47.

Ā  Where descriptions of two commission's awards overlap eachother, title to disputed area goes to first awardee.Ā  11 H. 30.Ā  The earlieraward determines title to land not the earlier survey.Ā  11 H. 30.

Ā  Parol evidence is admissible for removing latent ambiguitiesand locating land described in a patent.Ā  13 H. 127.

Ā  Land patents valid on their face may be attacked and declaredvoid in action at law provided evidence shows it to be void for want ofauthority.Ā  25 H. 651.

Ā  Award by metes and bounds only includes land within outerboundaries.Ā  30 H. 666.

Ā  Royal patent issued on land commission award, validity ofreservation of mineral rights.Ā  49 H. 429, 421 P.2d 570.Ā  Royal patent on landcommission award, significance if award defective.Ā  49 H. 456, 479, 421 P.2d550.Ā  Royal patent issued on land commission award, whether schoolhouse siteincluded or excluded.Ā  49 H. 537, 425 P.2d 83.

Ā  Cited:Ā  32 H. 310, 315.