{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-667-56","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 667-56","heading":"Prohibited conduct.","body":"It shall be a prohibited practice for any foreclosing mortgagee to engage in any of the following practices:\n\n(1) Holding a public sale on a date, at a time, or at a place other than that described in the public notice of the public sale or a properly noticed postponement;\n\n(2) Specifying a fictitious place in the public notice of the public sale;\n\n(3) Conducting a postponed public sale on a date other than the date described in the new public notice of the public sale;\n\n(4) Delaying the delivery of the recorded, conformed copy of the conveyance document to a bona fide purchaser who purchases in good faith for more than sixty days after the completion of the public sale;\n\n(5) Completing nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings during short sale escrows with a bona fide purchaser if the short sale offer is at least ten per cent greater than the public sale price; provided that escrow is opened within ten days and closed within forty-five days of the public sale ; and provided further that a bona fide short sale purchaser shall have priority over any other purchaser;\n\n(6) Completing nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings during bona fide loan modification negotiations with the mortgagor; or\n\n(7) Completing nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings against a mortgagor who has been accepted or is being evaluated for consideration for entry into any federal loan modification program before obtaining a certificate or other documentation confirming that the mortgagor is no longer eligible for, or an active participant of , that federal program .","path":["HI Code","Division 4","Title 36","Chapter 667"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0667/HRS_0667-0056.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"ac2941161fb181df0f9d1a7345058c8a442905ad3ce57849d7d6a2df1f76f839","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-667-55","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-667-57"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}