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    514A-39 Repealed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-93.3 Service of process

  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

   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

 

  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.

 

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.

  The Moon Court, Land Use, and Property:  A Survey of Hawai‘i Case Law 1993-2010.  33 UH L. Rev. 635 (2011).

 

Case Notes

 

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