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HRS §514B-45

Pay off or release blanket liens before selling or leasing a unit

Before a unit is first sold or leased, any mortgage or lien that also covers other units must be paid off or officially released for that unit. This does not apply to improvement district or utility assessments.

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The statute, as written — Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting a unit at time of first conveyance or lease

At the time of the first conveyance or lease of each unit, every mortgage and other lien, except any improvement district or utility assessment, affecting both the unit and any other unit shall be paid and satisfied of record, or the unit being conveyed or leased and its common interest shall be released therefrom by a duly recorded partial release.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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