CHAPTER 514A

CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES

 

         Part I.  General Provisions and Definitions

Section

     514A-1 Title

   514A-1.5 Applicability of chapter

   514A-1.6 Conformance with county land use ordinances

     514A-2 Chapter not exclusive

     514A-3 Definitions

     514A-4 Status of apartments

     514A-5 Ownership of apartments

     514A-6 Separate taxation

     514A-7 Condominium specialist; appointment; duties

 

         Part II.  Creation, Alteration, and Termination

                   of Condominiums

    514A-11 Recordation and contents of declaration

    514A-12 Copy of the floor plans to be filed

    514A-13 Common elements

  514A-13.4 Telecommunications equipment and renewable energy

            devices

  514A-13.5 Remuneration to allow ingress and egress prohibited

  514A-13.6 Mailboxes for each dwelling required

    514A-14 Parking stalls

  514A-14.5 Ownership of parking stalls

    514A-15 Common profits and expenses

  514A-15.1 Common expenses; prior late charges

  514A-15.5 Metering of utilities

    514A-16 Liens against apartments; removal from lien; effect

            of part payment

    514A-17 Contents of deeds or leases of apartments

    514A-18 Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting

            an apartment at time of first conveyance or lease

    514A-19 Merger of increments

    514A-20 Condominium property regimes

    514A-21 Removal from provisions of this chapter

    514A-22 Removal no bar to subsequent resubmission

 

         Part III.  Registration and Administration

    514A-31 Notification of intention

    514A-32 Questionnaire and filing fee

    514A-33 Inspection

    514A-34 Inspection expenses

    514A-35 Waiver of inspection

    514A-36 Public reports and registration fees

    514A-37 Preliminary public reports

    514A-38 Request for effective date or hearing by developer

    514A-39 Repealed

  514A-39.5 Contingent final public report

    514A-40 Final reports

    514A-41 Supplementary public report

    514A-42 True copies of public report; no misleading

            information

    514A-43 Automatic expiration of public reports; exceptions

    514A-44 Deposit of fees

    514A-45 Supplemental regulations governing a condominium

            property regime

    514A-46 Investigatory powers

    514A-47 Cease and desist orders

    514A-48 Power to enjoin

    514A-49 Penalties

    514A-50 Limitation of action

 

         Part IV.  Protection of Purchasers

    514A-61 Disclosure requirements

    514A-62 Copy of public report to be given to prospective

            purchaser

    514A-63 Recission rights

    514A-64 Repealed

  514A-64.5 Protection of purchasers' funds

    514A-65 Escrow requirement

    514A-66 Repealed

    514A-67 Financing construction

    514A-68 Misleading statements and omissions

    514A-69 Remedies; sales voidable when and by whom

    514A-70 Warranty against structural and appliance defects;

            notice of expiration required

 

         Part V.  Condominium Management

    514A-81 Bylaws

    514A-82 Contents of bylaws

  514A-82.1 Employees of condominiums; background check

 514A-82.15 Mixed use property; representation on the board

            of directors

  514A-82.2 Restatement of declaration and bylaws

  514A-82.3 Borrowing of money

  514A-82.4 Duty of directors

  514A-82.5 Pets in apartments

  514A-82.6 Pets, replacement of subsequent to prohibition

    514A-83 Purchaser's right to vote

  514A-83.1 Board meetings

  514A-83.2 Proxies

  514A-83.3 Membership list

  514A-83.4 Meeting minutes

  514A-83.5 Documents of the association of apartment owners

  514A-83.6 Associations of apartment owners; budgets and

            reserves

    514A-84 Management and contracts; developer, managing agent,

            and association of apartment owners

  514A-84.5 Availability of project documents

    514A-85 Records; examination; disposal

    514A-86 Insurance

    514A-87 Personal application

    514A-88 Compliance with covenants, bylaws, and administrative

            provisions

    514A-89 Certain work prohibited

    514A-90 Priority of lien

  514A-90.5 Unpaid common expenses; collection from tenants

  514A-90.6 Lease rent renegotiation

    514A-91 Joint and several liability of grantor and grantee

            for unpaid common expenses

    514A-92 Waiver of use of common elements; abandonment of

            apartment; conveyance to board of directors

  514A-92.1 Designation of additional areas

  514A-92.2 Notification of maintenance fee increases

  514A-92.5 Association of apartment owners; prior written notice

            of assessment of the cost of providing information

    514A-93 Actions

  514A-93.5 Disposition of unclaimed possessions

    514A-94 Attorneys' fees, delinquent assessments, and expenses

            of enforcement

    514A-95 Managing agents

  514A-95.1 Association of apartment owners registration;

            fidelity bond

    514A-96 Board of directors, audits, audited financial

            statement, transmittal

    514A-97 Association of apartment owners funds; handling and

            disbursement

    514A-98 False statement

    514A-99 Rules

 

         Part VI.  Sales to Owner-Occupants

   514A-101 Definitions

   514A-102 Announcement or advertisement; publication

   514A-103 Designation of residential apartments

   514A-104 Apartment selection, requirements

 514A-104.5 Affidavit

 514A-104.6 Prohibitions

   514A-105 Sale of residential apartments; developer

            requirements

   514A-106 Repealed

   514A-107 Enforcement

 514A-107.5 Penalties

 514A-107.6 False statement

   514A-108 Inapplicability of part or sections

 

         Part VII.  Arbitration; Mediation

   514A-121 Arbitration of disputes

 514A-121.5 Mediation; condominium management dispute resolution;

            request for hearing; hearing

   514A-122 Determination of unsuitability

   514A-123 Determination of insurance coverage

   514A-124 Costs, expenses and legal fees

   514A-125 Award; confirming award

   514A-126 Findings of fact and conclusions of law

   514A-127 Trial de novo and appeal

 

         Part VIII.  Miscellaneous

   514A-131 to 133 Repealed

   514A-134 False statement

   514A-135 Rules

 

Note

 

  Access for service of process (repealed July 1, 2012).  L 2009, c 158, §3.

  Chapter title amended by L 1988, c 65, §1.

  This chapter was enacted as a restatement without substantive change of chapter 514, as of January 1, 1978.  L 1977, c 98, §§1, 5.  It was enacted as chapter 514 but was redesignated as chapter 514A to avoid confusion with the former provisions.

  This chapter was scheduled for repeal on July 1, 2006, by L 2005, c 93, §6 but L 2006, c 273, §33 repealed L 2005, c 93, §6, deleting the repeal of this chapter.  Parts and sections of this chapter that were repealed by other Acts remain repealed.

  For effect of this chapter, see L 2006, c 273, §2 and §514B-21.

  Mortgage foreclosure task force, reports to legislature (expires June 30, 2012).  L 2010, c 162.

 

Cross References

 

  For new chapter on condominiums, see chapter 514B.

  Placement of clotheslines, see §196-8.5.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  Timesharing in the 1990s.  I HBJ No. 13, at pg. 89.

  Hiner v. Hoffman:  An Analysis Of The Hawai‘i Supreme Court's Decision And Its Impact On Hawai‘i's Common Interest Communities.  26 UH L. Rev. 177.

 

Case Notes

 

  Chapter did not preempt ordinance relating to residential condominium leasehold conversion.  76 H. 46, 868 P.2d 1193.

 

 

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