Resources

Below you will find professional resources, articles, forms, weblinks, and much more. If you have a resource you would like to share with the surveying community, please contact the HLSA Board.

Tax Map Sites

• Hawaii County
• Honolulu County
• Kauai County
• Maui County

Commonly Used Forms and Data Sites

• ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys
• DPP GIS Maps and Data
• DPP Subdivision Permits
• DPP Subdivision Search
• State of Hawaii Flood Hazard Assessment Tool
• FEMA Flood Maps
• FEMA Elevation Certificate
• FEMA LOMA (Letter of Map Amendment)
• Land Use Ordinace (LUO Chapter 21)
• Shoreline Certification Application
• Shoreline Certification Rules 
• Hawaii Revised Statutes – HRS Chapters 501, 502, 657, 669
• Rules of the Land Court

Educational Tools 

The documents and information presented have been contributed and donated to the organization from dedicated surveyors over the years. Some of the notes and material may be outdated but reflect the history of surveying and land tenure in the State of Hawaii, please use at your own discretion.

• BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS:

  • “Surveying Hawaii” (The American Surveyor), Patrick and Mary Cummins
  • “The Great Mahele, Hawaii’s Land Division of 1848”, Jon J. Chinen
  • “Surveying the Mahele: Mapping the Hawaiian Land Revolution (Palapala’aina, Vol. 2)”; Riley Moore Moffat, Gary L. Fitzpatrick
  • “Dictionary of Hawaiian Legal Land Terms” –  Paul F. Nahoa Lucas
  • “Black’s Law Dictionary”, Bryan A. Garner
  • “Brown’s Boundary Control and Legal Principles”; Walter G. Robillard, Donald A. Wilson, Curtis M. Brown
  • “Manual of surveying instructions for the survey of the public lands of the United States and private land claims”, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  • “Land Survey Review Manual”, R. Ben Buckner

• CONTRIBUTED NOTES:

  • Hawaiian Terms
  • Historic Land Tenure
  • Land Tenure – “Tree Graph”
  • Abbreviations of Land Title Terminology
  • Triangulation in Hawaii – Special Publication 156
  • Plane Coordinate Projection Tables Hawaiian Islands – Special Publication 302

Filing a Complaint?

Please contact the Regulated Industries Complaint Office (RICO) for any complaints and reports against licensees and unlicensed activities. Consumer Resource Center: (808) 587-3295, 587-3222. (complaint form)

Toll Free Numbers

Kauai: 274-3141, ext. 73222

Maui: 984-2400, ext. 73222

Big Island: 974-4000, ext. 73222

Molokai & Lanai: 468-4644, ext. 73222

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES