Real Estate Branch

• So You Want to Go Condo? (October 2016) (PDF)
  Overview of what Condominium Property Regimes are and the registration process for Developer's Public Reports
• Agricultural Condominiums (March 2021) (PDF)
• Can I advertise, sign contracts, and take money before my project is issued an effective date? (FAQ)
• Can I Get Copies of Documents From The Real Estate Branch (REB)? (FAQ)
• Condominium Registration Process (July 2023) (PDF)
• Condominium Informational Email Subscription List
  Informational emails on a variety of topics including development changes and reminders
  • Prior Email Editions
• Common Delays In Development (October 2024) (PDF)
• Common Myths and Questions in Development (Revised May 2025) (PDF)
• Developer Annual Reports (FAQ)
• Developer Best Practices (July 2023) (PDF)
• Developer’s Public Reports/Association Biennial Registration
  Online search for condominium projects' Developer’s Public Reports and current association biennial registration information
  • Looking for the most recent declaration, bylaws, or map? Please visit the Bureau of Conveyances. Maps can also be requested from the Bureau using their request form.
  • Please read the Commission’s brochure on “Obtaining documents from the Bureau of Conveyances“
• Developer Memorandum & Informal Non-Binding Interpretations
  Commission interpretations and developer memorandums on development, advertising, owner occupancy, bonding, and other issues.
  • 2022 New Form
  • 2020 Electronic Submission of Developer's Public Report Registrations
  • 2020 Re-registration of chapter 514A, HRS, projects
  • 2020 Updated Fees Effective July 1, 2020
  • 2020 Procedure
• Developer Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities (September 2021) (PDF)
• Legislative Updates
• Uncommon Issues in Development (Revised May 2025) (PDF)
• Review Submission Procedures Memos
• Chapter 514A Repeal
  Information for the 1/1/2019 effective repeal of HRS, Chapter 514A and one year extension to 7/1/2020.
• Information for Developers Post Chapter 514A, HRS (July 2019) (PDF)
• Links to Other Agencies & Organizations
  Permitting, planning, real property tax

• 514B, HRS, Project Registration Forms
  (form fillable - Revised 12/2022) - Includes the Document Checklist, Receipt of Developer's Public Report, Nonbinding Preregistration Agreement, Notice of Right to Cancel Sales Contract, Notice of Right to Rescind, Notice of Material Change, Project Questionnaire, Leasehold Exhibit
• 514B, HRS, Amendment to Developer's Public Report Form
  (form fillable)
• 514A, HRS, Project Registration Forms - REPEALED
  Chapter 514A, HRS, has been repealed and the Commission is no longer accepting any chapter 514A, HRS, forms. Please review our chapter 514A, HRS, repeal page for additional information.
• Developer's Annual Report
• Other Condominium Forms

• Chapter 514A, Hawaii Revised Statutes - Condominium Law  (REPEALED AS OF 7/1/2020)
  • 514A, HRS, Recodification/514B, HRS
    Recodification plan, Act 164 - Relating to Condominiums, recodification final report, progress reports, drafts, stakeholder comments, and additional resources.
• Chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes - Condominium Law
• Legislative Updates
• Hawaii Administrative Rules - Chapter 107 – Rules Relating to Horizontal Property Regimes

• Condominium Developer & Attorney Email Subscription List
  Stay up to date on form, fee, and other changes to the condominium development process and Developer's Public Reports.

• Owner Occupant - No Action Request Forms
  (form fillable - Includes Serious Illness, Unforeseeable Job or Military Transfer, Unforeseeable Change in Martial or Parental Status, and Other Unforeseeable Occurrence.) (PDF)
• Owner Occupant - Non-Binding Informal Interpretations
• Sales to Owner - Occupants and First Publication of the Announcement or Advertisement (Memo) (PDF)

• Condominium Managing Agent
  Application for non-real estate brokers to manage operations of an Association of Unit Owners.
• There are currently no registered Condominium Managing Agents as of March 2021.

Condominium hotel operators who hold an active real estate brokers license are exempt from the registration and fidelity bond requirements. Review section 467-30, HRS, for the condominium hotel operator law.

• Condominium Hotel Operator - Currently Registered (PDF)
• Condominium Hotel Operator - Instructions and Application
• Condominium Hotel Operator - Informal Non-Binding Interpretations