Room Rental Agreement in Hawaii

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What Hawaii law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No separate lodger statute. The Residential Landlord-Tenant Code's exclusions do not list rooms rented in an owner's home, so a room rented under a written or oral rental agreement is generally covered by the Code. Source: HRS § 521-7 (exclusions checked)
Tenancy at will	Hawaii's statutes do not use a separate tenancy-at-will rule for residential rentals. Property rented for an indefinite time with periodic rent is a month-to-month (or period-to-period) tenancy. Under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, a landlord ends a month-to-month tenancy with at least 45 days' written notice and a tenant with at least 28 days'; a tenancy shorter than month to month needs 10 days' notice. A tenant by parol may also be removed by summary possession after a notice to quit of at least 10 days. For residential units covered by chapter 521, the notice periods in § 521-71 apply. Source: HRS §§ 666-1, 666-2, 521-71(a), (b), (d)

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No separate lodger statute. The Residential Landlord-Tenant Code's exclusions do not list rooms rented in an owner's home, so a room rented under a written or oral rental agreement is generally covered by the Code.

Source: HRS § 521-7 (exclusions checked)

Tenancy at will

Hawaii's statutes do not use a separate tenancy-at-will rule for residential rentals. Property rented for an indefinite time with periodic rent is a month-to-month (or period-to-period) tenancy. Under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, a landlord ends a month-to-month tenancy with at least 45 days' written notice and a tenant with at least 28 days'; a tenancy shorter than month to month needs 10 days' notice. A tenant by parol may also be removed by summary possession after a notice to quit of at least 10 days.

For residential units covered by chapter 521, the notice periods in § 521-71 apply.

Source: HRS §§ 666-1, 666-2, 521-71(a), (b), (d)

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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