# Hawaii — Security deposit return deadlines by US state — the statutory clock a landlord has to return a tenant's deposit, quoted from the state statute

For Hawaii, return deadline is fourteen days; deadline in days is 14; what starts the clock is after the termination of the rental agreement; statute is Haw. Rev. Stat. § 521-44(c), recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Hawaii _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** fourteen days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 14 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** after the termination of the rental agreement _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Haw. Rev. Stat. § 521-44(c) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> the security deposit remaining after the landlord has claimed and retained amounts authorized under this section, if any, shall be returned to the tenant not later than fourteen days after the termination of the rental agreement.

## Source

- https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0521/HRS_0521-0044.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-26. Review by: 2027-08-26.
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