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Timestamp: 2013-05-24 19:04:18
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§521', '§1', '§521', '§1', '§521', '§1', '§666', '§521', '§1', '§521', '§1', '§521', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§8', '§1', '§1', '§14', '§27', '§1', '§1', '§2', '§9', '§521', '§1', '§521', '§1', '§521', '§1']

Part I. General Provisions and Definitions — Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs
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
[§521-1] Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1]
[§521-2] Purposes; rules of construction. (a)
To simplify, clarify, modernize, and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants of dwelling units;
To encourage landlords and tenants to maintain and improve the quality of housing in this State; and
To revise the law of residential landlord and tenant by changing the relationship from one based on the law of conveyance to a relationship that is primarily contractual in nature. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1]
[§521-3] Supplementary general principles of law, other laws, applicable.
Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, real property, public health, safety and fire prevention, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.
Every legal right, remedy, and obligation arising out of a rental agreement not provided for in this chapter shall be regulated and determined under chapter 666, and in the case of conflict between any provision of this chapter and a provision of chapter 666, this chapter shall control.
Nothing in this chapter shall be applied to interfere with any right, obligation, duty, requirement, or remedy of a landlord or tenant which is established as a condition or requirement of any program receiving subsidy from the government of the United States. To the extent that any provision of this chapter is inconsistent with such a federal condition or requirement then as to such subsidized project the federal condition or requirement shall control. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1]
An association of owners under chapter 514A or 514B shall have standing to initiate and prosecute a summary proceeding for possession against a tenant residing in the condominium project who repeatedly violates the association’s governing documents or the rights of other occupants to quiet enjoyment and whose landlord refuses to act; provided that in such cases, the landlord shall be named as an additional party defendant.
Case NotesCited in reference to common law doctrine of retaliatory eviction. 59 H. 104, 577 P.2d 326.Cited with respect to conflict between §666-1 and chapter 521 concerning landlord's remedies against tenant for failure of tenant to maintain premises. 63 H. 110, 621 P.2d 971.
[§521-4] Construction against implicit repeal. This chapter being a general law intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1]
[§521-5] Severability. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1]
[§521-6] Territorial application. This chapter applies to rights, remedies, and obligations of the parties to any residential rental agreement wherever made of a dwelling unit within this State. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1]
Residence at an institution, whether public or private, where residence is merely incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, religious, or similar services;
Residence in a structure directly controlled and managed by the University of Hawaii for housing students or faculty of the University of Hawaii or residence in a structure erected on land leased from the University of Hawaii by a nonprofit corporation for the exclusive purpose of housing students or faculty of the University of Hawaii;
Occupancy under a bona fide contract of sale of the dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part where the tenant is, or succeeds to the interest of, the purchaser;
Residence by a member of a fraternal organization in a structure operated without profit for the benefit of the organization;
Transient occupancy on a day-to-day basis in a hotel or motel;
Occupancy by an employee of the owner or landlord whose right to occupancy is conditional upon such employment or by a pensioner of the owner or landlord or occupancy for a period of up to four years subsequent thereto, pursuant to a plan for the transfer of the dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part to the occupant;
A lease of improved residential land for a term of fifteen years or more, measured from the date of the commencement of the lease;
Occupancy by the prospective purchaser after an accepted offer to purchase and prior to the actual transfer of the owner's rights;
Occupancy in a homeless facility, or any other program for the homeless authorized under part VII of chapter 356D;
Residence or occupancy in a public housing project or complex directly controlled, owned, or managed by the Hawaii public housing authority pursuant to the federal low rent public housing program; or
Residence or occupancy in a transitional facility for abused family or household members."[L 1972, c 132, pt of §1; am L 1986, c 112, §1; am L 1988, c 307, §1; am L 1991, c 18, §1 and c 212, §8; am L 1994, c 248, §1; am L 1995, c 43, §1; am L 1997, c 350, §14; am L 1998, c 11, §27]
"Tenant" means any person who occupies a dwelling unit for dwelling purposes under a rental agreement. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1; am L 1975, c 10, §1; am L 1988, c 307, §2; am L 1991, c 212, §9]
[§521-9] Notice, notification, knowledge, etc.
A person has notice of a fact when:
The person has actual knowledge of it; or
The person has received a notice or notification of it; or
From all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question the person has reason to know of it.
A person knows or has knowledge of a fact when the person has actual knowledge of it. The terms "discover" or "learn" or terms of similar import refer to knowledge rather than reason to know. The time and circumstances under which a notice or notification ceases to be effective are not determined by this chapter.
A person notifies or gives a notice or notification to another by taking such steps as may be reasonably required to inform the other in ordinary course whether or not the other actually comes to know of it. A person receives a notice or notification when:
It comes to the person's attention; or
It is delivered at the place of business through which the rental agreement was made or at any place held out as the place for receipt of such communications.
Notice, knowledge, or a notice or notification received by a person other than an individual is effective for a particular transaction from the time it is brought to the attention of the individual conducting that transaction or from the time it should have been brought to the individual's attention, whichever time is earlier. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1; gen ch 1993]
[§521-10] Duties; obligation of good faith. Every duty imposed by this chapter and every act which must be performed as a condition precedent to the exercise of a right or remedy under this chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1]
[§521-11] Time; reasonable time.
Whenever this chapter requires any action to be taken within a reasonable time, any time which is not manifestly unreasonable may be fixed by agreement.
What is a reasonable time for taking any action depends on the nature, purpose, and circumstances of the action. [L 1972, c 132, pt of §1]