# Hawaii — Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state

For Hawaii, what the presumption does is no action or proceeding to recover possession of the dwelling unit may be maintained against the tenant, nor shall the landlord otherwise cause the tenant to quit the dwelling unit involuntarily, nor demand an increase in rent from the tenant; nor decrease the services to which the tenant has been entitled, after; example of a protected activity is The tenant has in good faith requested repairs under section 521-63 or 521-64; statute is HRS § 521-74, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Hawaii _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What the presumption does:** no action or proceeding to recover possession of the dwelling unit may be maintained against the tenant, nor shall the landlord otherwise cause the tenant to quit the dwelling unit involuntarily, nor demand an increase in rent from the tenant; nor decrease the services to which the tenant has been entitled, after _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Example of a protected activity:** The tenant has in good faith requested repairs under section 521-63 or 521-64 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** HRS § 521-74 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> §521-74 Retaliatory evictions and rent increases prohibited. (a) Notwithstanding that the tenant has no written rental agreement or that it has expired, so long as the tenant continues to tender the usual rent to the landlord or proceeds to tender receipts for rent lawfully withheld, no action or proceeding to recover possession of the dwelling unit may be maintained against the tenant, nor shall the landlord otherwise cause the tenant to quit the dwelling unit involuntarily, nor demand an increase in rent from the tenant; nor decrease the services to which the tenant has been entitled, after:

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Example of a protected activity

> (3) The tenant has in good faith requested repairs under section 521-63 or 521-64.

## Source

- https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0521/HRS_0521-0074.htm

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
Part of [Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state](https://referencesource.org/landlord-retaliation-presumption-period-by-state/).