# Haw. Land Ct. R. 1.2: Rule 1.2. DEFINITIONS

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R1_2

## Section

- **Citation:** Haw. Land Ct. R. 1.2
- **Heading:** Rule 1.2. DEFINITIONS
- **Jurisdiction:** Hawaii
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Hawaii Rules of Court / Rules of the Land Court / Haw. Land Ct. R. 1.2

## Text

As used in these Rules unless context requires otherwise:

Assistant Registrar means the registrar of the bureau of conveyances, appointed in accordance with Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, Section 502-1, and the registrar's deputy and such other assistants as may be sworn before the judge.

Certificate means a certificate of title showing the owner's name, a description of the land and a summary of encumbrances affecting the land, if any.

File, filed or filing means to accept, maintain and preserve any instrument required to be filed conventionally or electronically.

HRS means Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes.

Instrument means a document lawfully affecting title or a map that is required by law to be registered, recorded or filed with the land court or the assistant registrar.

Judge means the administrative judge of the circuit court of the First Circuit, civil division, or a judge of the circuit court of the First Circuit assigned by the administrative judge to preside over or dispose of land court matters pursuant to Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, Section 501-2.

Land means land, title to which is lawfully registered in the land court.

Record, recorded, or recording means the act of entering into the public records the written instruments affecting title to real property.

(Added November 6, 2019, effective November 17, 2019.)

## Nearby sections

- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 1 Rule 1. OFFICE HOURS; FILING ORIGINAL PAPERS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R1.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 1.1 Rule 1.1. ELECTRONIC FILING AND CONSTRUCTION OF RULES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R1_1.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 1.2 Rule 1.2. DEFINITIONS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R1_2.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 2 Rule 2. NUMBERING OF APPLICATIONS; ABBREVIATION OF LAND COURT APPLICATION](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R2.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 3 Rule 3. FORM AND STYLE OF DOCUMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R3.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 4 Rule 4. DEPOSITS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R4.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 5 Rule 5. WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R5.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 6 Rule 6. REQUIREMENTS AS TO ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R6.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 7 Rule 7. NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R7.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 8 Rule 8. REQUIREMENTS AS TO ABSTRACTS OF TITLE](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R8.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 9 Rule 9. SURVEYS, DESCRIPTIONS AND MAPS](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R9.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 10 Rule 10. EXAMINERS OF TITLE](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R10.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 11 Rule 11. PROOF OF PUBLICATION](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R11.md)
- [Haw. Land Ct. R. 12 Rule 12. NOTICES](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_HI_RLC_R12.md)

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