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HRS §490:2A-524

Lessor's right to identify goods to lease contract

This section lets a landlord (lessor) claim or sell goods after a tenant (lessee) defaults, even if the goods are unfinished. It applies only after a certain type of default or if the lease says so. The landlord can finish the goods or sell them for scrap, using reasonable business judgment.

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The statute, as written — Lessor's right to identify goods to lease contract

(a) After default by the lessee under the lease contract of the type described in section 490:2A-523(a) or 490:2A-523(c)(1) or, if agreed, after other default by the lessee, the lessor may: (1) Identify to the lease contract conforming goods not already identified if at the time the lessor learned of the default they were in the lessor's or the supplier's possession or control; and (2) Dispose of goods (section 490:2A-527(a)) that demonstrably have been intended for the particular lease contract even though those goods are unfinished. (b) If the goods are unfinished, in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment for the purposes of avoiding loss and of effective realization, an aggrieved lessor or the supplier may either complete manufacture and wholly identify the goods to the lease contract or cease manufacture and lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of the goods for scrap or salvage value or proceed in any other reasonable manner.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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