Title 8 — Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-73
§1405 Persons born in Hawaii
Title 8 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION › Part Part I— - Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization › § 1405
Summary
People born in Hawaii on or after April 30, 1900 are United States citizens from birth. People born in Hawaii from August 12, 1898 up to April 29, 1900, and anyone who was a citizen of the Republic of Hawaii on August 12, 1898, are treated as having become U.S. citizens on April 30, 1900.
Full Legal Text
Title 8, §1405
Aliens and Nationality — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A person born in Hawaii on or after August 12, 1898, and before April 30, 1900, is declared to be a citizen of the United States as of April 30, 1900. A person born in Hawaii on or after April 30, 1900, is a citizen of the United States at birth. A person who was a citizen of the Republic of Hawaii on August 12, 1898, is declared to be a citizen of the United States as of April 30, 1900.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Executive Documents
Admission of Hawaii as StateHawaii Statehood provisions as not repealing, amending, or modifying the provisions of this section, see section 20 of Pub. L. 86–3, Mar. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 13, set out as a note at the beginning of chapter 3 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
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Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1405
Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73