Hawaii security deposit itemization
A Hawaii landlord must send the itemized statement within 14 days after move-out. Miss it and the right to deduct anything is gone. The generator checks the deadline, the delivery method and the documentation as you fill it in.
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What Hawaii requires
- Deadline
- 14 days after the tenancy ends. No notice is owed to a tenant who wrongfully quit (absent 20 days or more without written notice).
- Delivery
- Compliance is presumed if mailed to an address the tenant supplied, with proof of mailing and postmarked by midnight of the 14th day, or if the tenant acknowledges receipt within the 14 days.
- If it is late
- Late forfeits the whole deposit. Wilful and wrongful retention costs three times the amount so retained plus costs; otherwise the amount wrongfully retained.
- Documentation
- Written evidence of the cost of each deduction (estimates, invoices or receipts).
- Condition record
- Before occupancy, inventory the premises in writing; landlord and tenant sign duplicate copies.
- Statute
- Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 521-42, 521-44
What goes on the statement
The deposit and the date it was received, each deduction with a specific description and amount, the total withheld, and the refund or balance owed. Hawaii landlords also record how and when the statement was sent, because the deadline is measured to that date. Damage lines should say what was damaged and how, not just a room name: a tenant, and a judge, can tell a burn mark from carpet wear.
Interest, a separate deposit account, receipts, photographs and a sworn attestation are only required in some states. The generator shows the fields Hawaii needs and leaves out the ones it does not.
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