Whenever any lessee or tenant of any lands or tenements, or any person holding under the lessee or tenant, holds possession of lands or tenements without right, after the termination of the tenancy, either by passage of time or by reason of any forfeiture, under the conditions or covenants in a lease, or, if a tenant by parol, by a notice to quit of at least ten days, the person entitled to the premises may be restored to the possession thereof in [the] manner hereinafter provided.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 666-1
Summary possession on termination or forfeiture of lease
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Port Authority of Guam v. Guam Industrial Services, Inc. dba Guam Shipyard (2026)
Most recently applied in Port Authority of Guam v. Guam Industrial Services, Inc. dba Guam Shipyard (March 2026)
CC 1859, §939; am L 1864, p 14; RL 1925, §2778; RL 1935, §4013; RL 1945, §10401; RL 1955, §240-1; HRS §666-1; am L 1972, c 90, §8(a)
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