§480E-7 - Right to cancel a distressed property conveyance contract.
[§480E-7] Right to cancel a distressed property conveyance contract. (a) A distressed property conveyance contract shall contain, immediately before the space reserved for all the distressed property owners' signatures, the following notice of right to cancel a distressed property conveyance contract in a type size no smaller than fourteen-point boldface type, completed with the correct date and time of day on which the cancellation right ends:
"YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF YOUR HOUSE, WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR OBLIGATION, AT ANY TIME BEFORE (Date and time of day). SEE THE ATTACHED NOTICE OF CANCELLATION FORM FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THIS RIGHT."
(b) A distressed property conveyance contract shall be accompanied by the following notice of cancellation form, in duplicate, attached to the contract and easily detachable, in a type size no smaller than fourteen-point boldface type, completed with the date the contract was last signed, the name of the distressed property purchaser, the address where notice of cancellation is to be delivered, and the correct date and time of day on which the cancellation right ends:
"NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
(Enter date contract last signed)
(Date)
YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF YOUR HOME, WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR OBLIGATION, AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE LATER OF MIDNIGHT OF THE FIFTEENTH BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING THE DAY ON WHICH THE LAST PARTY TO A DISTRESSED PROPERTY CONVEYANCE CONTRACT SIGNS THE DISTRESSED PROPERTY CONVEYANCE CONTRACT OR 5:00 P.M. ON THE LAST DAY OF THE PERIOD DURING WHICH ANY OWNER OF A DISTRESSED PROPERTY HAS THE RIGHT TO CURE THE DEFAULT UNDER HAWAII LAW.
TO CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, MAIL OR DELIVER A SIGNED AND DATED COPY OF THIS NOTICE OF CANCELLATION, OR ANY OTHER WRITTEN NOTICE OF CANCELLATION, TO (Name of distressed property purchaser) AT (Address where notice of cancellation is to be delivered) NOT LATER THAN (Enter date and time of day).
I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.
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(DATE)
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(Seller's signature)"
[L 2008, c 137, pt of §2]