HRS 521 Landlord-Tenant Code

Part I - General Provisions and Definitions
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 marijuana; 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

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521-69.5 – Repealed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 Increase 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

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