§231-29  Joinder of party defendantwhen State claims tax liens.  The director of taxation (or in the case of alien under chapter 383, the director of labor and industrial relations) may benamed a party defendant in any civil action in any state court of competentjurisdiction or in the district court of the United States for the district ofHawaii, to quiet title to or for the foreclosure of a mortgage or other lienupon real or personal property on which the State has or claims a tax lienunder chapters of the law under title 14 administered by the department orchapter 383; provided that the jurisdiction conferred by this section shall belimited and shall not operate as a consent by the State to be sued as to itsclaim of title to or liens and encumbrances on real and personal property otherthan the liens aforementioned.  Service upon the director shall be made asprovided by the rules of court.  In any action contemplated under this section,the director may ask, by way of affirmative relief, for the foreclosure of theaforementioned state tax liens, but in the absence of such request foraffirmative relief, upon any foreclosure sale the property shall be soldsubject to the tax liens.  Nothing in this section shall preclude the directorfrom asking for such other and further relief as might have been claimed byintervention in the action. [L 1953, c 187, §1; RL 1955, §115-34; am L 1957, c185, §4; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §16; HRS §231-29; am L 1973, c 133, §1; am L1985, c 16, §6; am L 1986, c 340, §6; am L 1991, c 263, §9; am L 1995, c 66,§9]

 

Cross References

 

  Service by mail, see §1-28.

 

Rules of Court

 

  Service, see HRCP rule 4(d)(5).

  As to pleading, see HRCP rules 7, 8, 12.