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HRS §521-53

Landlord Access to Your Rental

This law says when your landlord can enter your rental. You must allow entry for repairs, inspections, or showing the place, but the landlord must give notice and enter at reasonable times. The landlord cannot use entry to bother you, and cannot enter without your okay except in emergencies or other special cases.

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The statute, as written — Access

(a) The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold the tenant's consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises; make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements; supply services as agreed; or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective purchasers, mortgagees, or tenants. (b) The landlord shall not abuse this right of access nor use it to harass the tenant. Except in case of emergency or where impracticable to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant at least two days notice of the landlord's intent to enter and shall enter only during reasonable hours. (c) The landlord shall have no other right of entry, except by court order, unless the tenant appears to have abandoned the premises, or as permitted by section 521-70(b).
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§521-70 Landlord's remedies for tenant absence, misuse, abandonment, and backing out before moving in

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