HRS §490:2-703

What a seller can do when a buyer breaks the deal

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

If a buyer wrongly refuses goods, backs out, or misses a payment, the seller can take certain actions. These include holding back delivery, stopping goods in transit, reselling them, or suing for damages. The seller can also cancel the contract.

The statute, as written — Seller's remedies in general

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Where the buyer wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment due on or before delivery or repudiates with respect to a part or the whole, then with respect to any goods directly affected and, if the breach is of the whole contract (section 490:2-612), then also with respect to the whole undelivered balance, the aggrieved seller may: (a) Withhold delivery of such goods; (b) Stop delivery by any bailee as hereafter provided (section 490:2-705); (c) Proceed under the next section respecting goods still unidentified to the contract; (d) Resell and recover damages as hereafter provided (section 490:2-706); (e) Recover damages for nonacceptance (section 490:2-708) or in a proper case the price (section 490:2-709); (f) Cancel.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§490:2-612 What counts as an installment contract and when a bad delivery breaks the deal

§490:2-705 When a seller can stop goods being shipped

§490:2-706 When a seller can resell goods after a buyer breaks the contract

§490:2-708 What a seller can recover when a buyer backs out

§490:2-709 When a seller can sue for the full price

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