HRS §521-2
How to read and use this landlord-tenant law
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section explains how courts should interpret the landlord-tenant law. It says the law should be read broadly to support its goals: making the rules clear and modern, encouraging good housing, and treating the landlord-tenant relationship as a contract. It does not create any specific rights or duties.
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The statute, as written — Purposes; rules of construction
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.
(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. (b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are: (1) To simplify, clarify, modernize, and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants of dwelling units; (2) To encourage landlords and tenants to maintain and improve the quality of housing in this State; and (3) To revise the law of residential landlord and tenant by changing the relationship from one based on the law of conveyance to a relationship that is primarily contractual in nature.
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