The statutory window
7 calendar days after the later of signing the purchase contract or receiving the disclosure statement the chapter requires.
When the clock starts. Whichever of those two events happens later.
How notice is treated. Either party may cancel without penalty by mailing or delivering notice to the address specified in the contract. The notice is effective upon mailing or delivery.
Checked 2026-10-26 against Haw. Rev. Stat. § 514E-8. Statutes are amended. Your contract can give you longer than the statute. Confirm both before you rely on a date.
Many contracts are signed on Oahu or a neighbor island during a stay, by buyers who live somewhere else.
What to do if the purchase is recent
- Find the cancellation address in the contract. Do not use the sales desk’s verbal instructions as a substitute.
- Send a short writing that says you cancel, names the contract, and is signed. Keep a copy.
- Use the delivery method the contract, or the statute, treats as effective. Certified mail is often safer than a regular email even when email is allowed.
- Do not sign a waiver of your cancellation right while the window might still be open.
- Do not stop there if a closing already happened. Some statutes treat an early closing as voidable for much longer, and that question belongs with a lawyer.
If you have owned it for years
This statute will not unwind an old purchase. The later path is the contract you have now: maintenance, any loan, the term, and whether the developer offers a real release. That review is the contract-cancellation service, not this page.