# Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-8: Trial of title

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-8

## Section

- **Citation:** Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-8
- **Heading:** Trial of title
- **Jurisdiction:** Hawaii
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** HI Code / Division 4 / Title 36 / Chapter 668 / Section 668-8

## Text

Whenever the legal title of any particular share or interest in the property is controverted, the issue shall be triable of right by a jury; provided that as to any such particular controversy, where no other share or interest in the property is affected thereby, the court may set apart to the disputants collectively such a portion or portions of the property or of the proceeds of sale thereof as they or the real owner or owners among them would be entitled to receive were the ownership of the share or interest not in dispute. In each case the portion or portions set apart shall thereafter alone be the subject of the controversy between the disputants, leaving the remaining interests and parties unaffected thereby. The court may then proceed with the general partition accordingly; and the dispute, as transferred to the separate portion of the land or share of proceeds allotted therefor in the general partition, shall thereafter be heard and determined and a supplemental decree or decrees entered accordingly.

## Nearby sections

- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-1 Actions for partition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-1.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-2 Necessary parties; unknown owners.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-2.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-3 Complaint.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-3.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-4 Pleadings; substitution of heirs in case of death.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-4.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-5 Summons, service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-5.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-6 REPEALED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-6.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-7 Powers of the court.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-7.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-8 Trial of title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-8.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-8.5 Adverse claimants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-8.5.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-9 Unknown and absent owners.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-9.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-10 Allotments for shares under unproved ownership.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-10.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-11 Liens and encumbrances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-11.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-12 Estates for life and years, and contingent estates.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-12.md)
- [Haw. Rev. Stat. § 668-13 Commissioners in partition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_HI_D4_T36_C668_S668-13.md)

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