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HRS §490:2A-520

What a renter can recover when the lessor defaults

This section explains the extra money a renter can get from a lessor who breaks the lease. It covers costs from handling rejected goods and losses the lessor knew about. It also includes injuries from a broken warranty.

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The statute, as written — Lessee's incidental and consequential damages

(a) Incidental damages resulting from a lessor's default include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation, and care and custody of goods rightfully rejected or goods the acceptance of which is justifiably revoked, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses, or commissions in connection with effecting cover, and any other reasonable expense incident to the default. (b) Consequential damages resulting from a lessor's default include: (1) Any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of which the lessor at the time of contracting had reason to know and which could not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise; and (2) Injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of warranty.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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