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Code · Hawaii · Chapter 521

CHAPTER 521

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CHAPTER 521
RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE
Part I. General Provisions and Definitions
Section
521-1 Short title
521-2 Purposes; rules of construction
521-3 Supplementary general principles of law, other laws,
applicable
521-4 Construction against implicit repeal
521-5 Severability
521-6 Territorial application
521-7 Exclusions from application of chapter
521-8 Definitions
521-9 Notice, notification, knowledge, etc.
521-10 Duties; obligation of good faith
521-11 Time; reasonable time
Part II. Rent
521-21 Rent
521-22 Term of rental agreement
Part III. Limitations on Rental Agreements and
Practices
521-31 Waiver; agreement to forego rights; settlement of
claims
521-32 Separation of rents and obligations to property
forbidden
521-33 Landlord's waiver of liability prohibited
521-34 Authorization to confess judgment prohibited
521-35 Attorney's fees
521-36 Effect of termination
521-37 Subleases and assignments
521-38 Tenants subject to rental agreement; notice of
conversions
521-39 Medical cannabis; tenant use; eviction
Part IV. Landlord Obligations
521-41 Landlord to supply possession of dwelling unit
521-42 Landlord to supply and maintain fit premises
521-43 Rental agreement, disclosure
521-44 Security deposits
521-45 Limitation of landlord and management liability
521-46 Application screening fee
Part V. Tenant Obligations
521-51 Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
521-52 Tenant to use properly
521-53 Access
521-54 Tenant to use and occupy
521-55 Tenant's responsibility to inform landlord
521-56 Disposition of tenant's abandoned possessions
Part VI. Remedies and Penalties
521-61 Tenant's remedies for failure by landlord to supply
possession
521-62 Tenant's remedy of termination at beginning of term
521-63 Tenant's remedy of termination at any time; unlawful
removal or exclusion
521-64 Tenant's remedy of repair and deduction for minor
defects
521-65 Tenant's remedies for fire or casualty damage
521-66 Tenant's right to refund of rent, etc., on
termination; return of security deposit
521-67 Tenant's remedy for failure by landlord to disclose
521-68 Landlord's remedies for failure by tenant to pay rent
521-69 Landlord's remedies for tenant's waste, failure to
maintain, or unlawful use
521-69.5 Repealed
521-70 Landlord's remedies for absence, misuse, abandonment
and failure to honor tenancy before occupancy
521-71 Termination of tenancy; landlord's remedies for
holdover tenants
521-72 Landlord's remedies for improper use
521-73 Landlord's and tenant's remedies for abuse of access
521-74 Retaliatory evictions and rent increases prohibited
521-74.5 Recovery of possession limited
521-75 Unconscionability
521-76 Repealed
521-77 Investigation and resolution of complaints by the
office of consumer protection
521-78 Rent trust fund
521-79 Definitions
521-80 Early termination of tenancy; victims of domestic
violence
521-81 Change of locks; victims of domestic violence
521-82 Court order to vacate; domestic violence
521-83 Early termination of tenancy; servicemember tenants
521-84 Pre-litigation mediation for tenancies subject to
certain emergency proclamations
521-85 Death of a tenant; notice
Cross References
Civil relief for state military forces, see chapter 657D.
Medical cannabis patient and caregiver protections, see §329-125.5.
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