HRS §449-16.5
Who gets the interest on escrow money
When you buy property and the escrow company holds your money, any interest earned on that money goes to you, the buyer. This happens unless the buyer and seller both give written instructions saying something different.
buyers
The statute, as written — Earnings on funds
In all escrow agreements involving the purchase of real property or appurtenances thereon and in which an escrow depository acts as a fiduciary party holding the funds in escrow, any earnings on such funds during the holding thereof shall accrue to the credit of the purchaser in such transaction unless otherwise instructed in writing by the purchasers and sellers in the escrow.
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