8 USC § 1405 - Persons born in Hawaii

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title: "8 USC § 1405 - Persons born in Hawaii"
title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
section_number: "1405"
section_name: "Persons born in Hawaii"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 1, § 305, 66 Stat. 237.)"
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# § 1405. Persons born in Hawaii

August 12, 1898April 30, 1900April 30, 1900April 30, 1900August 12, 1898April 30, 1900

A person born in Hawaii on or after , and before , is declared to be a citizen of the United States as of . A person born in Hawaii on or after , is a citizen of the United States at birth. A person who was a citizen of the Republic of Hawaii on , is declared to be a citizen of the United States as of .

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**Source Credit**: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 1, § 305, 66 Stat. 237.)

## Executive Documents

### Admission of Hawaii as State

Hawaii Statehood provisions as not repealing, amending, or modifying the provisions of this section, see , , , set out as a note at the beginning of chapter 3 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.