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Purchasing Hawaii Vacant Land? Ancient Hawaiian Burial Sites and Laws
 www.localism.com featured article 8/18/2007
It is a known fact that all our Hawaiian Islands have many burial grounds and sites that have still not been "discovered". Another fact is that much of our land is zoned as Preservation and/or Conservation land. There are a few things about ancient Hawaiian Burial Sites that you all need to know if you are thinking about buying vacant land here in Hawaii because it's not as easy as you think.
For one. Make sure and check into zoning laws. Hawaii (Oahu) Zoning, Special Use and Building Permits Next make sure and check into Preservation of Hawaiian Culture, Land and History and NOW you can check out the following information on our State Burial Laws regarding historical burial sites.
Chapter 6E of the Hawaii Revised Statutes amended Act 265 to make sure that provisions were in place upon the discovery of Hawaiian historic burial sites. This was mainly due to the public outcry of the moving of over 1,000 Native Hawaiian remains at the Honokahua graveyard on Maui to another location! In 1990 the remains were returned to their original resting place after the Hawaii State Legislature passed a bill signed by then Governor Waihee.
The State Burial Laws were ... more

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