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HRS §490:2-602

How to reject goods and what happens next

If you reject goods you bought, you must do it within a reasonable time and tell the seller. After rejecting, you cannot use the goods as your own. If you already have them, you must take care of them until the seller can pick them up.

buyers

The statute, as written — Manner and effect of rightful rejection

(1) Rejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender. It is ineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies the seller. (2) Subject to the provisions of the two following sections on rejected goods (sections 490:2-603 and 490:2-604), (a) After rejection any exercise of ownership by the buyer with respect to any commercial unit is wrongful as against the seller; and (b) If the buyer has before rejection taken physical possession of goods in which he does not have a security interest under the provisions of this article (subsection (3) of section 490:2-711), he is under a duty after rejection to hold them with reasonable care at the seller's disposition for a time sufficient to permit the seller to remove them; but (c) The buyer has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected. (3) The seller's rights with respect to goods wrongfully rejected are governed by the provisions of this article on seller's remedies in general (section 490:2-703).
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§490:2-603 What a merchant buyer must do with rejected goods

§490:2-703 What a seller can do when a buyer breaks the deal

§490:2-711 What a buyer can do when the seller fails to deliver

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