Originally Posted by
DELee
Higher view?
Don't they still own the "land" over which the lava flowed? They might not be able to build ever again down there but I would expect that the property is still theirs.
David
The property remains theirs, minus the utility framework that's been destroyed. And even if they don't mind being off the grid, newly created lava land is very fragile, and not something people can or should build atop. I would say the land is essentially worthless for quite some time.
New land created along the shoreline is the property of Hawaii, unless it's connected to a national park, in which case in becomes federal land.