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HRS §524-1

What key terms mean in this chapter

This section defines two important words used in this chapter. A facility is a retirement building where people lease homes for life. A lessee is the person or people who lease a living unit in that building.

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The statute, as written — Definitions

As used in this chapter: "Facility" means a multi-unit residential building, including all operations associated therewith, used for retirement purposes in which living units are leased for a term to last for the lifetime of the lessee and the lessee's surviving spouse, where the living unit is used as a residence by the lessee and the lessee's surviving spouse, and where the living unit reverts back to the lessor upon the death of the lessee and the lessee's surviving spouse. "Lessee" means the person or persons leasing a living unit in a facility.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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