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

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521-69.5 Repealed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 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

Cross References

Uniform disclaimer of property interests act, see chapter 526.

Uniform Probate Code, see chapter 560, Article V.

Rules of Court

Applicability of Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure, see HRCP rule 81(a)(2), (f), (g), (h), (j).

Proceedings not governed by Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure, see RCC rule 31.

See Hawaii Probate Rules.

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