# Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-10: Amendment or termination by consent

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-10

## Section

- **Citation:** Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-10
- **Heading:** Amendment or termination by consent
- **Jurisdiction:** Hawaii
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** HI Code / Division 3 / Title 28 / Chapter 508C / Section 508C-10

## Text

(a) An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent; provided that the amendment or termination is signed by:

(1) The agency;

(2) Unless waived by the agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant;

(3) Each person that originally signed the covenant, unless the person waived in a signed record the right to consent or [an] environmental court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and

(4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(2), the holder.

(b) If an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, the interest shall not be affected by an amendment of the covenant unless the current owner of the interest consents to the amendment or has waived in a signed record the right to consent to amendments.

(c) Except for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, assignment of an environmental covenant to a new holder shall be considered an amendment.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in an environmental covenant:

(1) A holder may not assign the holder's interest without consent of the other parties specified in subsection (a); and

(2) A holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties specified in subsection (a).

(e) [An] environmental court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of a holder. [L 2006, c 279, pt of §2; am L 2014, c 218, §8]

## Nearby sections

- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-1 Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-1.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-2.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-3 Nature of rights; subordination of interests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-3.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-4 Contents of environmental covenant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-4.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-5 Validity; effect on other instruments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-5.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-6 Relationship to other land use law.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-6.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-7 Notice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-7.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-8 Recording.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-8.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-9 Duration; amendment by court action.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-9.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-10 Amendment or termination by consent.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-10.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-11 Enforcement of environmental covenant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-11.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-12 Registry.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-12.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 508C-13 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D3_T28_C508C_S508C-13.md)

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