Hawaii Notice to Terminate Month-to-Month Tenancy (No-Cause; 45-Day Landlord / 28-Day Tenant)
NOTICE TO TERMINATE MONTH-TO-MONTH TENANCY
From: [Full name of landlord or tenant]
To: [Full name of tenant or landlord]
Rental unit: [Street address, unit, city, Hawaiʻi ZIP]
Date of notice: [__/__/____]
Landlord's 45-day notice — HRS § 521-71(a)
I, [landlord name], give written notice that the month-to-month rental agreement for the rental unit identified above will terminate on [__/__/____]. This termination date is at least 45 days after you are notified of this notice.
Please vacate the unit and return possession and keys by [date and time]. Under HRS § 521-71(a), you may vacate at any time within the last 45 days between this notice and the termination date by notifying me of the date you will vacate and paying prorated rent for the period of occupation. Please send that notice to [address or agreed contact method].
[Landlord signature]
[Printed name]
[Mailing address, telephone, and email]
Tenant's 28-day notice — HRS § 521-71(b)
I, [tenant name], give written notice that I will terminate the month-to-month rental agreement for the rental unit identified above on [__/__/____]. This termination date is at least 28 days after you are notified of this notice. I understand that rent remains due through the 28th day after notice under HRS § 521-71(b).
Please provide instructions for returning keys and possession to [address or agreed contact method]. My forwarding address is [address].
[Tenant signature]
[Printed name]
[Mailing address, telephone, and email]
Delivery record
I delivered this notice to [recipient] on [__/__/____] at [time] by [describe the actual method and location of delivery].
[Signature of person recording delivery]
[Printed name]
Source
About this template
- Last updated
- October 8, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 8, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Hawaii
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- HRS § 521-71(a) (landlord's 45-day month-to-month notice)
- HRS § 521-71(b) (tenant's 28-day month-to-month notice)
- HRS § 521-71(c) (120-day notice for specified landlord plans)
- HRS § 521-71(f) (void notice intended to evade specified rent obligations)
- HRS § 521-21(d), (e) (rent-increase notice periods referenced by § 521-71(f))
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 8, 2026.
HRS § 521-71(a) (checked October 8, 2026): "When the tenancy is month-to-month, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement by notifying the tenant, in writing, at least forty-five days in advance of the anticipated termination."
HRS § 521-71(b) (checked October 8, 2026): "When the tenancy is month-to-month the tenant may terminate the rental agreement by notifying the landlord, in writing, at least twenty-eight days in advance of the anticipated termination."
HRS § 521-71(c) (checked October 8, 2026): "Before a landlord terminates a month-to-month tenancy where the landlord contemplates voluntary demolition of the dwelling units, conversion to a condominium property regime under chapter 514B, or changing the use of the building to transient vacation rentals, the landlord shall provide notice to the tenant at least one hundred twenty days in advance of the anticipated demolition or anticipated termination."
HRS § 521-71(e) (checked October 8, 2026): "The landlord may bring a summary proceeding for recovery of the possession of the dwelling unit at any time during the first sixty days of holdover."
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