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Legal Information: Hawaii

Housing Laws

Laws current as of November 15, 2024

I am a victim of domestic violence. Am I allowed to end my rental agreement early?

You can end your rental agreement (lease) early if both of the following things are true:

  • Your rental agreement is for a period of one year or less; and
  • You - or an immediate family member who lives with you - has been the victim of “domestic violence” within the last 90 days.1

Note: For this section, “domestic violence” has the same definition as domestic abuse.2

1 Haw. Rev. Stat. § 521-80(a)
2 Haw. Rev. Stat. § 521-79

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