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Authorized form of name
Land Survey Division
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Description area
Dates of existence
1959
History
The Land Survey Division was established in 1959 under the Reorganization Act of 1959, Act 1, Second Special Session. It succeeded the Territorial Survey Department and is a division of the Department of Accounting and General Services.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The duties of the Land Survey Division of the Department of Accounting and General Services are to perform field and office survey work for state agencies and the Land Court.
In addition, the division is responsible for the preparation and maintenance of maps and descriptions of public lands, the verification of boundaries, maintenance of the depository of survey and boundary information, and verifying and processing all Land Court and file plan maps.
The Division reviews all shoreline maps and performs research for the state attorney general on quiet title action cases filed in the circuit courts.
Mandates/sources of authority
The Reorganization Act of 1959, Act 1, Second Special Session.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2001-05, Created
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Guide to Government in Hawaii, 11th ed, Legislative Reference Bureau, 1996, p. 20.
Official Publications of the Territory of Hawaii, 1900-1959, Hawaii State Archives, 1962, pp. 140-141.
Annual Report of the Department of Accounting and General Services, 1962/63, p. 17.
Maintenance notes
2001-05, Created
2020-11-18, Joel Horowitz: Entered into AtoM