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HRS §490:2A-211

Warranties about claims on leased goods and infringement

This section creates two warranties in a lease. First, the lessor promises that no one has a claim to the goods that will block your use of them. Second, if the lessor is a merchant, the goods are free from rightful infringement claims. If you give specifications, you must protect the lessor from infringement claims from using them.

The statute, as written — Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee's obligation against infringement

(a) There is in a lease contract a warranty that for the lease term no person holds a claim to or interest in the goods that arose from an act or omission of the lessor, other than a claim by way of infringement or the like, which will interfere with the lessee's enjoyment of its leasehold interest. (b) Except in a finance lease, there is in a lease contract by a lessor who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind, a warranty that the goods are delivered free of the rightful claim of any person by way of infringement or the like. (c) A lessee who furnishes specifications to a lessor or a supplier shall hold the lessor and the supplier harmless against any claim by way of infringement or the like that arises out of compliance with the specifications.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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