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HRS §521-33

Landlords cannot make tenants give up injury claims

This section makes void any lease clause that lets a landlord escape responsibility for harm to people or property caused by the landlord, their workers, or agents. Such a clause cannot be enforced, so tenants keep their right to seek damages.

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The statute, as written — Landlord's waiver of liability prohibited

A provision in a rental agreement exempting or limiting the landlord, or requiring the tenant to indemnify the landlord, from liability for damages to persons or property caused by or resulting from the acts or omissions of the landlord, the landlord's agents, servants, or employees, in or about the dwelling unit covered thereby or in or about the premises of which it is a part is void.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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