Hawaii Revised Statutes
521. Residential Landlord-Tenant Code
521-45 Limitation of landlord and management liability.

§521-45 Limitation of landlord and management liability. (a) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys premises which include a dwelling unit subject to a rental agreement in a good faith sale to a person not connected with the landlord discloses, in writing, in any form of contract for the sale of such premises is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and under this chapter as to events occurring subsequent to the conveyance.
(b) The new owner who purchases the premises referred to in subsection (a) is liable under the rental agreement and under this chapter.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed, a person who is a manager of premises which include a dwelling unit subject to a rental agreement is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and under this chapter as to events occurring subsequent to the termination of the person's management. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1; am L 1976, c 90, §3; gen ch 1985]

Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes

Hawaii Revised Statutes

Title 28. Property

521. Residential Landlord-Tenant Code

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.

521-21 Rent.

521-22 Term of rental agreement.

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 cannabis; tenant use; eviction.

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.

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.

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.

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.