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Free Hawaii Residential Purchase Agreement Template

A Hawaii residential purchase agreement records the price and conditions of a home sale. Our step-by-step questionnaire helps you build a customizable template that leaves room for Hawaii disclosure timelines.

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What Is a Hawaii Residential Purchase Agreement?

A Hawaii residential purchase agreement is the contract that locks in a home’s price, terms, and closing date. In Hawaii, signing it also starts the clock on the seller’s disclosure statement, which arrives after acceptance rather than before.

Hawaii Disclosure Rules That Shape the Deal

Hawaii’s mandatory seller disclosure law runs on deadlines measured from acceptance. Your Hawaii residential purchase agreement should leave room for them.

The Seller Has 10 Days

The seller must provide the disclosure statement no later than ten calendar days from acceptance of the purchase contract (HRS § 508D-5). Delivery can be direct or through the seller’s agent. Also, the seller must sign and date the statement within six months before, or ten calendar days after, acceptance.

Extra Documents for Association Properties

When the home is subject to a recorded declaration, the seller also provides specified association documents (HRS § 508D-3.5). The buyer gets fifteen calendar days after receiving them to decide whether to rescind. Those documents aren’t due until ten calendar days after both sides receive a current title report.

Timelines Can Be Adjusted

Buyer and seller may agree in writing to shorten or extend the delivery and review periods (HRS § 508D-5). If you change them, write the new dates into the contract.

How Long Does a Hawaii Buyer Have to Cancel?

Fifteen calendar days from receiving the disclosure statement. During that time, the buyer can examine it and decide whether to rescind the contract (HRS § 508D-5).

To rescind, the buyer delivers written notice to the seller or the seller’s agent within those fifteen days. Deposits come back to the buyer immediately, without loss. Miss the deadline, and the law deems the buyer to have accepted the statement.

Calendar the ten-day and fifteen-day deadlines on the day of acceptance. Both run in calendar days, so weekends and holidays count.

How to Take a Hawaii Home Sale From Offer to Closing

A Hawaii sale usually moves in this order.

  1. Accept and sign. Buyer and seller sign the Hawaii residential purchase agreement.
  2. Hand over the disclosure statement. The seller provides it, signed, within ten calendar days.
  3. Acknowledge receipt. Receipt can be noted on the contract, an addendum, or a separate document.
  4. Review and decide. The buyer has fifteen calendar days to examine the statement and rescind in writing if they choose.
  5. Head to closing. Move forward once the review periods pass or the buyer accepts.

What to Put in Your Hawaii Agreement

Cover the terms that tie into Hawaii’s deadlines:

  • Names of every buyer and seller
  • Property address, tax map key, and legal description
  • Price, deposit, and financing terms
  • The acceptance date that starts the disclosure clock
  • Any agreed change to the delivery or review periods
  • When the sale closes and the buyer moves in