Haw. Rev. Stat. § 201H-19
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Remedies of an obligee: mandamus; injunction; possessory action; receiver; accounting; etc.
Official statutory text
An obligee of the corporation shall have the right, in addition to all other rights that may be conferred on the obligee subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon the obligee, and subject to the prior and superior rights of others:
(1) By mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding in law or equity to compel the corporation, and the members, officers, agents, or employees thereof to perform each and every item, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of the corporation, and to require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the corporation and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the corporation by this chapter;
(2) By suit, action, or proceeding in equity to enjoin any acts or things that may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of the obligee of the corporation;
(3) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any obligee having the right to possession pursuant to any contract of the corporation;
(4) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, upon the happening of an event of default (as defined in a contract of the corporation), to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the corporation or any part or parts thereof, and if the receiver is appointed, the receiver may enter and take possession of the housing project or any part or parts thereof and operate and maintain same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the corporation itself might do and shall keep the moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of the corporation as the court shall direct; and
(5) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the corporation and the members thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust. [L 2005, c 196, pt of §20; am L 2006, c 180, §15]
(1) By mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding in law or equity to compel the corporation, and the members, officers, agents, or employees thereof to perform each and every item, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of the corporation, and to require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the corporation and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the corporation by this chapter;
(2) By suit, action, or proceeding in equity to enjoin any acts or things that may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of the obligee of the corporation;
(3) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any obligee having the right to possession pursuant to any contract of the corporation;
(4) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, upon the happening of an event of default (as defined in a contract of the corporation), to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the corporation or any part or parts thereof, and if the receiver is appointed, the receiver may enter and take possession of the housing project or any part or parts thereof and operate and maintain same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the corporation itself might do and shall keep the moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of the corporation as the court shall direct; and
(5) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the corporation and the members thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust. [L 2005, c 196, pt of §20; am L 2006, c 180, §15]
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