Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-5.5 – Foreclosure notice; planned communities; condominiums; cooperative housing projects
Notwithstanding any law or agreement to the contrary, any person who forecloses on a property under this part within a planned community, a condominium apartment or unit, or an apartment in a cooperative housing project shall notify, by registered or certified mail, the board of directors of the planned community association, the association of owners of the condominium project, or the cooperative housing project in which the property to be foreclosed is located, of the following:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-5.5
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Dispute resolution: means a facilitated negotiation under part V between a mortgagor and mortgagee for the purpose of reaching an agreement for mortgage loan modification or other agreement in an attempt to avoid foreclosure or to mitigate damages if foreclosure is unavoidable. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- Owner-occupant: means a person, at the time that a notice of default and intention to foreclose is served on the mortgagor under the power of sale:
(1) Who owns an interest in the residential property, and the interest is encumbered by the mortgage being foreclosed; and
(2) For whom the residential property is and has been the person's primary residence for a continuous period of not less than two hundred days immediately preceding the date on which the notice is served. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
- Property: means property (real, personal, or mixed), an interest in property (including fee simple, leasehold, life estate, reversionary interest, and any other estate under applicable law), or other interests that can be subject to the lien of a mortgage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 667-1
The notice, at a minimum, shall identify the property, condominium apartment or unit, or cooperative apartment that is the subject of the foreclosure and identify the name or names of the person or persons bringing foreclosure proceedings. Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the planned community association, condominium association of owners, or cooperative housing corporation is a party in a foreclosure action. This section shall not affect civil proceedings against parties other than the planned community association, association of owners, or cooperative housing corporation.