It shall not be requisite that the intestate shall have been in actual possession of the property; it is sufficient if he had a good claim to it at the time of his death.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 532-3
Actual possession not requisite
CC 1859, §1461; RL 1925, §3303; RL 1935, §4811; RL 1945, §12071; RL 1955, §318-3; HRS §532-3
Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.