squatters

[pslamont]

I don't know Hawaii law but I think in general they have to live out in the open where they can be seen by anyone AND have a reason to believe they would be allowed to assume ownership of the land (example: you have a caretaker on the land in a trailer and the owner had told the caretaker "If you stay and watch the rest of my land, you will earn ownership of xx amount of land your trailer sits on after Y years". The alternate example is that just because you leased the land to live on for 25 years, you do not have any rights to that land at the end of your lease.

I could be wrong as I am not an attorney but I think that spells it out. Bottom line is, don't let someone be there with your knowledge and a tenant agreement with a term specified.