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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 508D-18

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Real estate purchase contract: means a contract, as it may be amended, by which a seller agrees to sell and a buyer agrees to buy residential real property which shall include a deposit, receipt, offer, acceptance, or other similar agreement for the sale or lease with option to buy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 508D-1

If the real estate purchase contract provides for alternative dispute resolution, then prior to filing an action in any court to enforce this chapter, a seller or buyer shall first submit the claim to alternative dispute resolution as required in the real estate purchase contract.