Hawaii Eviction Process Form

A Hawaii-based landlord seeking to legally evict a tenant must refer to the information presented in this guide. Usually, the eviction process begins with the tenant’s non-payment of rent after the issuance of the five-day notice. Eviction can also transpire after the delivery of ten-day notice of termination that resulted from the tenant’s violations of other rules and agreements.Download

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EVICTION - THE COURT PROCESS BROCHURE	
This brochure describes what a private landlord and tenant go through when the landlord is trying 
to evict the tenant. If you are preparing for trial, pick up Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i’s Answer and 
Counterclaim Packet for more detailed information.	
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Your  landlord  must  go  through  a  court  process  to  evict  you 
from your unit. It is illegal for the landlord to personally remove 
you  from  the  rental  unit  unless  the  landlord  first  has  a “Writ  of 
Possession” from the court, which must be “served” (given to you) 
by a sheriff or police officer. A Writ of Possession is a judgment by 
the court that officially gives the unit back to the landlord.
1.  Notice: 	Your landlord must give you written notice that you 
have  to  leave,  unless  your  lease  has  expired.  The  notice  must 
give  you  a  certain  number  of  days  to  either  leave  or  correct  the 
problem.	
Overview: How Can My Landlord Evict Me?
PROPER NOTICE
To be proper, a notice must be written and it must give 
you a specified amount of time within which to fix the 
problem. 
Non-payment of rent ................  5 business days 
Violation of rules or lease ........ 10 days 
Termination of rental 
(for reasons except non-payment) 
month-to-month......................... 45 days lease   
week-to-week .............................. 10 days 
no notice if lease expired
There are other time limits. Call Legal Aid Society of 
Hawai`i for more information.	
5. Pre-Trial, if you are in Honolulu: 	The next date, if you 
are in Honolulu, is the “Pre-Trial.” At this hearing, you and the 
landlord  both  tell  the  judge  which  witnesses  and  what  evi-
dence you will use at trial. If you are NOT in Honolulu, skip to 
the next step, the Trial.	
6.  Trial: 	The  final  date  is  for  the  Trial.  At  the  trial,  both  you 
and  the  landord  will  present  your  evidence  and  witnesses, 
and have a chance to question each other’s witnesses.	
7.  Damages  (Proof )  Hearing: 	There  may  be  a  separate 
hearing  to  determine  how  much  money  you  owe  the  land-
lord. This hearing occurs after the trial and decides if you owe 
the landlord money damages.	
2. Court Action: 	If you do not move out, your landlord must 
go  to  court  and  start  a  court  action  by  filing  a “Complaint  for 
Summary Possession.” Summary Possession means the landlord 
wants to regain possession of the unit.	
3.  Court  Papers  Served: 	After  filing  the  complaint,  the 
landlord  must  have  a  sheriff,  police  officer,  or  someone  over 
18 years who is not a part of the eviction “serve” (give you) the 
court papers. The court papers do not have to be served to you 
personally, as long as it is given to a responsible person at your 
home. Or the court may allow the notice to be “posted” (taped 
to  your  door).  These  papers  tell  you  what  the  landlord  wants 
and when to go to your first court date.	
4.  Answer  Date:	 The “Answer  Date”  is  the  first  court  date  for 
you  to  attend.  At  this  hearing,  you  and  the  landlord  go  before 
the  judge. The  judge  wants  to  hear  your  response  to  what  the 
landlord  said  in  the  complaint.  Most  people  enter  a  plea  of 
“General Denial” and deny the complaint.	
WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW?
Decide: 	You need to decide if you want to move out or not. 
You may have some reasons why you want to stay. Your land-
lord may be wrongfully trying to make you move out. If you 
fight in court and lose, you may have to pay more than your 
back  rent. You  need  to  think  about  which  option  is  best  for 
you.	
Look for new housing: 	If you have received court papers, 
start looking for new housing as soon as possible. If the land-
lord  wins,  the  judge  may  let  you  have  a  little  time  to  move 
out, but he does not have to. The sheriff can remove you as 
soon as the “Writ of Possession” is issued.	
Prepare for your next hearing: 	Your next hearing could 
be the Answer Date, the Pre-Trial (for Honolulu only), or the 
Trial. This brochure covers each of those areas.	
WHAT IS IN THE COURT PAPERS?
When you get the court papers, they will contain both a 
Complaint and a Summons. In the Complaint, the land-
lord can ask for the judge to order you to move out. The 
Complaint  may  also  ask  the  judge  to  order  you  to  pay 
back  rent,  court  fees,  and  attorney’s  fees.  If  the  Com-
plaint  asks  for  damages,  that  just  means  your  landlord 
wants you to pay rent for the days after the eviction no -
tice  expired.  It  does  not  mean  that  you  are  accused  of 
causing physical damage.
The final part of the Complaint is called the Sum-
mons. 	
The Summons is almost always on the last page 
of  the  Complaint.  The  Summons  is  a  command  from  a 
judge for you to appear at the first hearing, the “Answer 
Date.” The Summons will either (1) tell you to come to a 
specific  court  on  a  specific  time,  date,  and  place,  or  (2) 
tell  you  to  come  to  court  on  the  fifth  day  after  you  re -
ceive  the  document.  If  it  tells  you  to  come  on  the  fifth 
business  day,  start  counting  the  day  after  you  received 
it. Do NOT include weekends or holidays. 
Example:  if  you  received  it  on  a  Monday,  you  should 
start  counting  on Tuesday: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-
day, Friday, Monday. Show up on the following Monday.	
How  long  will  it  take  before  I  am  evicted? 	It  depends.  It 
can take as long as three weeks, but it can be shorter depending 
on how you answer or if you attend the hearings.	
Honolulu: 	After you receive your first court papers (Complaint 
& Summons), your Answer Date is scheduled for 5 working days 
from  when  you  received  it.  If  you  do  not  attend,or  if  you  admit 
you owe any rent, you will be evicted immediately, although the 
judge may give you time to get your things together. If you enter 
a General Denial, a Pre-Trial will usually be scheduled for the fol-
lowing  Monday.  If  you  attend  the  Pre-Trial,  a Trial  will  be  sched-
uled  for  1  day  to  2  weeks  later.  At  Trial,  the  judge  may  issue  a 
Judgment of Possession and Writ of Possession, which allows the 
sheriff to physically remove you.	
County  Courts  (outside  Honolulu): 	It  depends  on  when 
the next trial date is scheduled for that district. Usually the courts 
hear housing cases on one day a week. This means you will prob -
ably have your Answer Date one week and your Trial on the same 
day of the next week.	
What  can  I  do  if  the  landlord  locks  me  out  or 
shuts  off  my  utilities  without  court  papers?: 	
If 
your landlord locks you out overnight, shuts off your util-
ities, or removes your things, the landlord is breaking the 
law. Your landlord is required to go to court to evict you, 
even if you have not paid your rent. If you are locked out, 
your utilities are shut off, or if you fear that your landlord 
may try to do these things, you may be able to take your 
landlord  to  court  to  force  your  landlord  to  let  you  back 
in  or  prevent  your  landlord  from  locking  you  out  in  the 
first  place.  Legal  Aid  has  self-help  packets  that  can  stop 
a lockout or utility cut-off and may get you money dam-
ages. Call Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i for more informa-
tion. Ask about Housing TRO packets for Illegal Lockouts 
and Utility Shut-offs.
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The Answer Date: 	The Answer date is simply a time when 
you go before the judge and respond to the landlord’s com-
plaint. The judge uses the Answer Date to determine whether 
or  not  this  case  needs  to  go  to  trial.  You  can  call  Legal  Aid 
Society of Hawai`i because we have an Answer and Counter -
claim  Packet  you  can  fill  out. There  are  5  important  things 
to remember.	
1. Show up on time or lose: 	1. Show up on time or lose If 
you do not show up for your Answer Date, or any other hear -
ing, you could lose. The landlord will get everything she or he 
asked  for,  and  you  could  be  evicted  that  day. This  is  called  a 
Default  Judgment.  It  is  a  good  idea  to  visit  the  court  before 
your  court  date  to  find  out  where  you  go. To  be  safe,  arrive 
early  for  your  hearing.  Leave  plenty  of  time  to  find  parking 
(feed the meter for at least 1 1/2 hours).	
2. Find your case: 	Go to the Courtroom at least a half hour 
before the time of the hearing and bring the Complaint and 
Summons.  Find  the  case  list  and  make  sure  your  case  is  on 
it  so  you  know  you  are  in  the  right  place  on  the  right  day. 
You can find out the date, time, and location of your hearing 
on your Summons. Try to arrive about a half-hour earlier than 
your hearing time.
These are some court times for Oahu courts: (Double check 
with the court to see if these times are current.)
Honolulu............................................ Daily at 8:30 
Ewa ..................................................... Fridays at 8:30 
Koolaupoko-Koolauloa................ Thursdays at 8:30 
Wahiawa/Waialua ..................... 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 9:00 
Waianae ....................................... 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 9:00

2. (Find Your Case - Continued): 	When you arrive, check 
the  case  list  which  is  on  the  calendar  inside  the  courtroom. 
You need to look at this to make sure your case is on it. If it is 
not, then check with the clerk to see who you need to call. Let 
the  clerk  know  that  your  hearing  is  not  on  the  calendar.  For 
all Oahu courts, you must call the Honolulu court office (538-
5151) to find out what is wrong.	
3. Wait for your case to be called: 	After you make sure 
that  you  are  in  the  right  place,  check  with  the  clerk  of  the 
court  to  let  them  know  you  are  there  for  your  case. Wait  in-
side the courtroom until your case is called. The cases are not 
necessarily  heard  in  any  order.  The  Judge  may  skip  around 
to different cases on the Judge’s list. Generally, responses to 
complaints  are  heard  first.  Hearings  or  trials  are  heard  later. 
You  should  not  leave  the  room  at  any  point  because  your 
case could be called at any time. If you are not present when 
the judge calls your case, you may lose by default. When your 
case  is  called  by  the  court  clerk,  answer “Here”  and  go  up  to 
the Judge.	
4. Enter a “General Denial”: 	On the Answer Date, all the 
Court  wants  to  hear  is  your  answer  to  the  Complaint.  If  you 
disagree  to  anything  mentioned  in  the  Complaint  and  you 
want  a  chance  to  tell  your  side  before  being  evicted,  you 
should  tell  the  judge  you  want  to  enter  a  “General  Denial” 
and request a trial. Asking for a trial is your chance to tell your 
side of the story. 
If  you  enter  a  General  Denial,  the  landlord  must  then  prove 
his or her case during a trial and you can explain your side of 
the  story.  You  cannot  be  legally  evicted  until  after  the  trial, 
however going to trial may mean you have to pay additional 
costs, such as your landlord’s attorney fees.
If you admit (agree) to anything mentioned in the Complaint, 
the  Judge  may  decide  on  the  spot  that  the  landlord  is  the 
winner and may order you to leave your unit immediately. For 
example, if the case is about nonpayment of rent and you ad-
mit that you owe any money to the landlord, you could lose 
and be evicted as soon as the order is entered. 	
5.  Note Your  Next  Hearing: 	  When  you  enter  a  General 
Denial, the Judge will set a specific date and time for the next 
hearing.  Make  sure  you  write  down  the  day  and  time.  If  you 
are in the Honolulu District Court, then your next hearing will 
be a Pre-Trial Hearing set for the following Monday. If you are 
at any other courthouse, you will be given a specific date for 
the Trial, usually the following week. 	
Defenses  and  Counterclaims: 	A  defense  is  the  re -
sponse  to  the  landlord’s  claims,  which  fights  your  evic -
tion. (your side of the story). If you win you can generally 
stay in the unit. Sample defenses include: I paid the rent; 
eviction was retaliatory. To present a defense, gather wit -
nesses, documents, and photographs that support your 
claim.
A  counterclaim is a separate court action you file in re -
sponse to your landlord’s claims, which fights your evic -
tion and asks the court to award you money compensa-
tion. It is like a counter-suit. Legal Aid has an Answer and 
Counterclaim  packet  that  you  can  use. You  need  to  file 
and serve your landlord after you receive the complaint 
and  summons  BUT  before  your  answer  date  hearing.  If 
your  answer  date  has  already  passed,  you  need  to  ask 
the  court’s  permission  (request “leave  of  the  court”)  to 
do  the  paperwork  afterwards.  If  the  court  says  no,  you 
can file a separate claims case in small claims or regular 
claims court. Call Legal Aid for more assistance.	
I Missed a Hearing: 	If you miss any of your court dates 
(answer  date,  pre-trial  hearing,  or  trial),  you  could  lose 
by default. Everything in the landlord’s complaint will be 
seen as true, and you will be evicted. You may be able to 
ask the judge to give you another hearing if you have a 
good  reason  for  being  late  or  not  appearing. You  must 
file these forms as soon as possible:
• Motion to Set Aside Judgment and 
• Motion to Stay the Writ of Execution.
To  do  this,  you  can  pick  up  forms  for  these  at  Legal  Aid 
Society of Hawai‘i, or pick up a form for the Motion to Set 
Aside  Judgment  at  the  District  Court.  Fill  these  out  and 
file them the same day if possible.	
Mediation: 	Before the Trial or Pre-Trial, the Judge could 
ask you and your landlord to meet with a mediator from 
the  Neighborhood  Justice  Center.  The  mediator’s  job  is 
to help you and the landlord settle the lawsuit. The me -
diator  should  listen  to  your  side  of  the  story  as  well  as 
the landlord’s. 
To prepare for this meeting, think about the kind of set -
tlements  that  you  would  be  willing  to  accept  from  the 
landlord. It might be a good idea to write these down in 
a note to yourself. In the middle of a meeting it is easy to 
get sidetracked or swayed by what others are saying. Do 
not accept a settlement that is not fair to you. 
You  do  NOT  have  to  reach  an  agreement  at  the  media-
tion. You have the right to go to trial and have your story 
heard by the judge.	
PRE-TRIAL:	 (for  Honolulu  cases  only;  if  you  had  your  hear -
ing at another courthouse, skip to the Trial stage.) At the Pre-Trial, 
you  and  the  landlord  must  each  tell  the  Court  what  witnesses 
and  evidence  you  will  use  at  the  trial.  At  your  Pre-Trial,  you  and 
your  landlord  may  meet  with  a  mediator  before  the  hearing  to 
see if you can settle the issues. If you do, you can ask the media-
tor to write up the agreement. 
If  no  settlement  is  reached  during  the  Pre-Trial  Hearing,  the 
Judge will set a date for the trial. If a settlement is reached at the 
Pre-Trial Hearing or before it, go to court anyway and then you 
and  the  landlord  can  ask  to  enter  the  agreement  on  the  court 
record.	
TRIAL (continued):	 
How much will I have to pay, if I lose? 	
There may be a separate 
hearing, called a damages hearing, or it may be determined at your 
trial. The  court  decides  how  much  you  owe  and  orders  you  to  pay 
it.  If  you  have  claims  about  what  the  landlord  did  ,  that  may  offset 
some  of  the  amount  awarded  to  the  landlord.  The  costs  you  may 
have to pay include:
• Rent and late fees the landlord claims you owe.  
• Landlord’s attorney fees, usually 25% of the amount of rent 
owed to the landlord as determined by the Judge. These can be 
collected only if the landlord hired an attorney. 
• Landlord’s court costs such as the filing fee and the sheriff ’s fee 
for serving the court papers. 
• Holdover Rent is a penalty for staying in the rental unit after you 
should have gone. The judge usually decides the amount. Holdover 
rent is normally twice the normal rent and is “prorated” from the 
time the rental agreement terminated to the time that you actually 
leave the rental unit. “Prorated” means that the monthly rent is 
broken down to a day-by-day rate. 
• Cost of repair for any damages to the unit. 
•  Interest (look this up)
The District Court has  concurrent jurisdiction (i.e. has the power to 
hear the case also) over disputes involving security deposits in situa-
tions where the landlord filed a Summary Possession action against 
the  tenant  in  District  Court. What  this  means  for  the  tenant  is  that 
the  District  Court  will  hear  the  dispute  about  the  security  deposit 
as part of the damages portion of the eviction, rather than the small 
claims  court.  If  you  file  a  complaint  in  the  Small  Claims  division  for 
return  of  your  security  deposit  while  you  are  being  evicted,  your 
claim  will  be “joined”  with  the  other  Summary  Possesion.  If  you’ve 
moved out and your landlord didn’t file a complaint in District Court 
to have you evicted, but there is merely a dispute over your security 
deposit, then you can file a claim in Small Claims Court.	
TRIAL:	 Normally,  within  1  week  after  either  the  Answer 
Date or the Pre-Trial Hearing, the Judge will set a date for the 
start of the trial to decide the eviction dispute. See Legal Aid 
Society of Hawai‘i’s brochure Eviction Trial Packet to help you 
prepare for trial.
At  the  trial,  there  will  be  no  jury.  The  Judge  will  decide  the 
case  based  on  (1)  the  evidence,  testimony,  and  exhibits  pre -
sented during the trial, and (2) the Judge’s understanding of 
the law. Both you and the landlord will have a chance to pres-
ent  witnesses  and  arguments  before  the  Court. You  and  the 
landlord will also be able to cross-examine (ask questions of ) 
each other’s witnesses.	
What  happens  after  the  trial,  if  I  lose? 	If  you  lose  at 
the trial, the judge will issue a Writ of Possession and a Judg-
ment  for  Possession.  Either  a  sheriff  or  a  police  officer  must 
“serve”  you  (give  you)  the  Judgment  and  the Writ.  Generally 
the  sheriff  will  give  you  some  time,  usually  a  day,  to  move. 
After you receive the Writ, the sheriff or the police officer has 
the  power  to  remove  you,  anyone  living  with  you,  and  your 
property from the rental unit. If you don’t remove your prop -
erty on your own, the landlord may remove your belongings 
and place them in storage. To get your belongings back, you 
would  have  to  remove  them  from  storage  and  pay  the  cost 
of  moving  and  storing  them.  If  you  do  not  reclaim  your  be -
longings  within  a  certain  time,  your  landlord  may  sell  them 
or dispose of them.	
If  I  lose,  is  there  any  way  to  change  the  court’s  or-
der? 	If there are extreme circumstances such as fraud or new 
evidence which was not available before, you may be able to 
ask the court to change its ruling. Call Legal Aid or a private at -
torney for more information on this. You will have to file a Mo -
tion for Reconsideration with the court. This does not stop the 
enforcement of the Writ of Possession, unless this is requested 
in the motion.

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How can the landlord collect the money from me?	
 If 
the landlord wins the case, the landlord will have a judgment 
against you which allows the landlord to collect money owed 
by you. If you have little or no assets, you may be considered 
judgment-proof.
This means the landlord cannot collect from you because you 
make  too  little  to  take.  For  more  information,  see  Legal  Aid 
Society  of  Hawai‘i’s  Debt  Collection  brochure.  If  you  have  a 
job, or make over $154.50 a week, the landlord can “garnish” 
(take)  some  of  your  wages. The  landlord  must  follow  certain 
steps to garnish your paycheck. For more information, see
Legal  Aid  Society  of  Hawai`i’s  Garnishment  brochure.  The 
landlord could also follow the legal process to put a “lien” on 
any property you have. This would mean the landlord would 
get any profits from the sale of those things, such as a house, 
car,  or  boat.  For  more  information,  call  Legal  Aid  Society  of 
Hawai`i.	
If  you  can  pay,	  you  can  stop  the  eviction.  If  you  pay 
all  back  rent,  attorney’s  fees,court  costs,  and  interest 
you  can  keep  the  judge  from  issuing  the  Writ  of  Pos-
session  when  you  are  evicted  for  nonpayment  of  rent. 
Bring a check or cash with you to Court so you can pay 
the  landlord  the  money  in  front  of  the  judge  as  soon 
as  the  judge  gives  the  ruling.  This  way  you  can  show 
the  judge  that  you  have  paid  your  debt,  and  you  can 
keep from being evicted. REMEMBER, you must do this 
before the Judge signs the Writ of Possession.	
Will I have to pay to stay? Rent Trust Fund	 If the 
Judge decides that it is necessary or if the landlord re -
quests  it,  the  Judge  may  order  you  to  deposit  any  dis-
puted  rent  as  it  becomes  due,  not  including  past  rent, 
into a trust fund (held by the Court). If you cannot put 
up  the  money,  then  the  landlord  could  automatically 
win  the  case  and  you  may  be  evicted.  If  this  happens, 
call  Legal  Aid  immediately.    See  the  numbers  at  the 
back of this brochure. 
If the Judge plans to set up a trust fund, object on the 
ground that the landlord did not ask for a trust fund in 
the  original  complaint.  If  the  landlord  did  ask  for  one 
in  the  original  complaint,  say  it  violates “due  process” 
because you can be evicted for not paying into the trust 
fund without the chance to present a defense.	
Can my landlord do that ? 
Just  because  your  landlord  owns  the  property  does 
not  mean  he  or  she  can  do  anything.  Illegal  actions 
include:
•  overnight lockout
•  utility shut off
•  eviction in retaliation
•  discrimination
•  taking your personal property
If you feel your landlord evicted you illegally, call the 
Legal  Aid  Society  of  Hawai`i.  There  are  two  packets 
which  you  may  be  able  to  use  to  assert  your  rights: 
Lockouts  and  Utility  Cut-offs  and  Answer  and 
Counterclaim.
LEGAL TERMS
Answer  
the defendant’s response to a complaint, filed in the 
court
Complaint  
the paper filed with the court to start a lawsuit
Counterclaim  
filed by the defendant to defeat the plaintiff ’s action 
and to ask for money
Damages  
amounts owed, not the same as physical damage
Defendant  
one against whom a complaint is filed	
LEGAL TERMS (continued)
Default judgment  
a judgment entered against the defendant due to the 
defendant’s failure to respond to the complaint or ap -
pear at trial; generally grants everything the plaintiff 
requested
Eviction  
court process to remove a tenant from a landlord’s prop -
erty, called “summary possession” in Hawai`i
File  
to deliver documents to the clerk at the court
Garnishment  
taking a portion from your wages to satisfy a money 
judgment
Judgment  
the decision the court enters which is legally enforceable
Mediation  
when a third person comes between two parties to try 
andencourage a settlement
Parties  
the persons actively taking part in the prosecution and 
defense of a legal proceeding
Plaintiff  
the one who starts a lawsuit
Pro Se  
representing yourself without a lawyer
Serve  
to deliver a copy of something you file with the court to 
the other part to the suit
Summary Possession  
court process toremove a tenant from a landlord’s prop -
erty, also called “eviction”	
USEFUL NAMES & NUMBERS
DISTRICT COURT  
 
OAHU: 538-5151  
MAUI: 244-2800 
 
BIG ISLAND: 
Hilo: 961-7470  
Kona: 322-2022 
Hamakua: 885-4615 
 
KAUAI: 246-3330 or 246-3337 
MOLOKAI: 553-5451 
LANAI: 565-6447 
Office of Consumer Protection’s  
Landlord/Tenant Hotline
Oahu ...................................................................\
.. 586-2634
From the Neighbor Islands (toll free) 
 
Big Island ....................................... 974-4000 ext. 62634 
Kauai ............................................... 274-3141 ext. 62634 
Maui ................................................ 984-2400 ext. 62634 
Molokai & Lanai ..............1-800-468-4644 ext. 62634	
Le g a L	 a	i d	’s	
st a t e w i d e	 in t a k e	 H	o tLi n e	
M	o n d a y	 - F	r i d a y	
9:00	a M -11:30	aM o r 
1:00	
p M - 3:30	pM	
oaHU: 536-4302
MaUi: 242-0724HiLo: 934-0678
kona: 329-8331
kaUai: 245-7580 Lanai: 565-6089
MoLokai: 553-3251