Hawaii State Bureau of Conveyances

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The Hawaii State Bureau of Conveyances has the responsibility of maintaining an accurate, timely and permanent record system for title to real property. The Bureau examines, records, indexes, and microfilms over 344,000 Regular System and Land Court documents and maps annually; issues Land Court Certificates of Title; certifies copies of matters of record; and researches UCC requests. Hawaii is the only state in the nation with a single statewide recording office. [1]

The Bureau is administratively part of the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR.

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Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee on the Bureau of Conveyances (Hawaii State Legislature)
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing a joint senate-house investigative committee to investigate the security of recorded documents, private computer access and tampering of such documents, and the operations and management of the bureau of conveyances. (Hawaii State Legislature)
Financial Audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Office of the Auditor, June 2006.

April 2007

Leone, Diana. DLNR director faces fight for job -- Peter Young's hearing before a Senate panel also involves 13 subpoenaed witnesses
Leone, Diana. DLNR chief's hearing takes unusual turn Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 12, 2007.
Leone, Diana. Hearing on Young held in private -- The DLNR director is expected to talk next week about his tenure Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 14, 2007.
Zimmerman, Malia. Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Alleged Wrongdoing at the Bureau of Conveyances -- Stories of Bribery, Favortism and Illegal Access to Government Records Surfaced During 5-Day Confirmation Hearing of Peter Young, Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Which Oversees the Bureau; Young Called for the External Investigation in December 2006 Hawaii Reporter, April 18, 2007.
Borreca, Richard. Senate sorts appointees -- Support for Cabinet member Peter Young surprised lawmakers, Gov. Lingle asserts Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 19, 2007.
OUR OPINION: Senators should not use rubber stamps -- or rubber hoses THE ISSUE: DLNR director Peter Young's reappointment has dragged through five days of hearings. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 22, 2007.
Charlton, Brian. Transcripts of testimony on Young are released Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 22, 2007.
Bennet, Joan. Title Guaranty Goes On the Record About Accusations of Improprieties at the Bureau of Conveyances Hawaii Reporter, April 23, 2007.
Security of land title records concerns senators -- They approve a probe of charges that state workers got too cozy with title companies Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 27, 2007.
OUR OPINION: Legislative probe of bureau unneeded THE ISSUE: Senate leaders are proposing a joint committee to investigate the Bureau of Conveyances. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 30, 2007.

May 2007

Star-Bulletin staff. Committee is formed to probe land agency Honolulu Star-Bulletin, May 24, 2007.

June 2007

Borreca, Richard. Hearings probe land-records system -- The state Bureau of Conveyances has had previous criticism Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 20, 2007.
Keep focus on fixing land bureau Honolulu Advertiser, June 20, 2007.
Ethics commission says its report on Bureau of Conveyances 'tainted' Pacific Business News, June 29, 2007.

July 2007

Daranciang, Nelson. Ethics panel hire is ripped on ethics -- Hilton Lui is accused of bias for his part in Peter Young's failure to win reappointment Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 2, 2007.
OUR OPINION: Let attorney general investigate Bureau of Conveyances THE ISSUE: The director of the state Ethics Committee said he will not forward a report on the state Bureau of Conveyances because of the investigator's bias. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 3, 2007.
Reyes, B.J. Claims of bias prompt review of bureau report -- Lawmakers cite an investigator's alleged lack of objectivity Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 4, 2007.
Reyes, B.J. Investigator lobbied on day of DLNR vote -- Hilton Lui approached Sen. Lorraine Inouye to tell her to oppose the DLNR's director Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 7, 2007.
Reyes, B.J. Land bureau inquiry to continue -- A panel moves ahead with a probe after its investigator resigns over a bias issue Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 12, 2007.
DePledge, Derrick. Documents detail favoritism at bureau Honolulu Advertiser, July 12, 2007.
OUR OPINION: Lawmakers' inquiry is of dubious value THE ISSUE: A legislative committee intends to continue its probe of the Bureau of Conveyances despite its investigator's resignation. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 13, 2007.
Watanabe, Carl. No Favoritism, Preferential Treatment in State's Bureau of Conveyances Hawaii Reporter, July 16, 2007.
Thielen, Cynthia. Investigative committee wastes taxpayers' money Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 26, 2007.
White, Doug. Bureau of Conveyances employees accepted gifts - records go online Poinography!, July 27, 2007.

August 2007

Bureau advisers give testimony Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 2, 2008.
Leone, Diana. Agency’s old ways could be costly Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 30, 2008.

September 2007

Leone, Diana. Hearing addresses state title agency Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 27, 2008.
Leone, Diana. Registrar details friction at agency Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 29, 2008.

October 2007

Leone, Diana. Conveyances bureau looks at going online Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 6, 2007.

January 2008

Leone, Diana. Agency seeks laws to boost efficiency Honolulu Star-bulletin, January 11, 2008.

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