That Zuckerberg, such a nice guy..

[SunsetBengal]

(01-20-2017, 01:39 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Admittedly, I'm no huge Zucker fan; however, it seems what he is doing is in the best interest of him as well as those owning the disputed land.

He could just remain silent and then claim easement on the property and then one day just claim it. In this instance it appears he is making known his desire to purchase/claim the property and giving the owners a chance to either fight for their land or sale at a fair price.

As the article states some folks probably don't even know they own the land. Perhaps this will serve a mechanisim to alert them.

Then again: as I said Property law is very complicated and I'm no expert; especially in Hawaii.

I'm pretty sure that Zuckerberg would be legally bound to grant the landlocked holders an easement, as he is the one who purchased all of the surrounding properties.  What he is doing by filing the "quiet claim" is hoping that no one contests, and is offering to purchase the pieces from owners where the title is clear in who owns them.  Like you said, not sure how property law works in Hawaii, as all of my Surveying experience has been in NC.