Association of Apartment Owners of Maalaea Kai, Inc. v. Stillson

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold (1) Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 514C-6(a) requires lessees of condominium units to which 75% of the common interests are appurtenant to approve of a leased fee purchase, (2) because HRS § 514C-6(a) is silent on the method of calculating the votes of multi-owner units, the bylaws of an association of apartment owners may govern on how the votes are to be calculated so long as not violative of any law, (3) if any defects affected the approval process, the 75% requirement was satisfied by the lessees’ subsequent ratification of the previous vote when…