HRS §521-37
Subleases and assignments
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says when you can sublet your rental unit or transfer your lease to someone else. Unless your written lease says otherwise, you can do it without the landlord's permission. But this does not apply to government-owned or subsidized housing, and your lease can require landlord approval.
tenants
The statute, as written — Subleases and assignments
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) Unless otherwise agreed to in a written rental agreement and except as otherwise provided in this section, the tenant may sublet the tenant's dwelling unit or assign the rental agreement to another without the landlord's consent. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a tenant of a dwelling unit administered, owned, or subsidized by the United States, the State, a county, or any agency thereof. (c) A written rental agreement may provide that the tenant's right to sublet the tenant's dwelling unit or assign the rental agreement is subject to the consent of the landlord.
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