HRS §666-4
Oral leases up to one year are valid
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that a verbal lease for real property lasting one year or less is just as valid and enforceable as a written lease, even if other laws say otherwise. It applies to any oral lease that does not go beyond one year.
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The statute, as written — Oral leases not exceeding one year, valid
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.
Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, oral leases of real property for any period not exceeding one year shall be valid and enforceable to all intents and purposes as if in writing.
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