Hawaii Revised Statutes
437D. Motor Vehicle Rental Industry
437D-7 Rate disclosure requirements; advertising.

§437D-7 Rate disclosure requirements; advertising. (a) Each lessor, and each officer, employee, agency, or other representative of the lessor, who states or permits to be stated the rental cost of a rental motor vehicle in any advertisement, shall state conspicuously, in plain language and in conjunction with the advertised rental cost of the vehicle, the daily rate of the applicable damage waiver, and that the rate constitutes an additional daily charge to the lessee.
(b) When a written advertisement, including all print media, contains the statement of the rental cost of a vehicle, the disclosure required by this section shall be printed in type no less than one-third the size of the type used to print the rental cost, or twelve-point type, whichever is larger. When the video presentation of a television advertisement contains the statement of the rental cost of a vehicle, the depiction of the disclosure required by this section shall be no less than one-third the size of the depiction of the rental cost. When a radio advertisement or the audio presentation of a television advertisement contains the statement of the rental cost of the vehicle, the oral statement of the rental cost shall be immediately accompanied by an oral statement of the disclosure required by this section.
(c) Except as set forth in this section, the statement of the rental cost and the disclosure shall be equally prominent in all respects. [L 1988, c 251, pt of §2; am L 2009, c 148, §5]

Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes

Hawaii Revised Statutes

Title 25. Professions and Occupations

437D. Motor Vehicle Rental Industry

437D-1 Short title.

437D-2 Scope.

437D-3 Definitions.

437D-4 Rental agreements; delivery to director.

437D-5 Rental agreements; damage waivers.

437D-5.5 Offers or sales of collision insurance by lessors or limited line motor vehicle rental company producers. (a) The provisions in this chapter relating to or otherwise regulating the offer or sale of damage waivers shall apply to the offer or...

437D-6 Additional mandatory charges prohibited.

437D-7 Rate disclosure requirements; advertising.

437D-8 Rate disclosure requirements; oral or written statements.

437D-8.4 License and registration fees.

437D-8.5 Commissions. (a) No lessor or officer, employee, agent, or other representative of the lessor shall pay or receive a commission for selling damage waivers, except as provided in subsection (b). Any violation of this section shall be an unfai...

437D-8.6 Damage waiver statistics.

437D-9 Posting requirements.

437D-10 Pamphleting requirements.

437D-11 Acknowledgment by lessee.

437D-12 Deposit or advance charge prohibited; payment for damages to rental motor vehicle.

437D-13 Notice and posting required concerning motor vehicle laws.

437D-14 Fuel charges.

437D-15 Unfair trade practices.

437D-16 Application of insurance laws.

437D-17 Exceptions to posting requirements.

437D-17.5 Rental agreements; unpaid traffic infractions. Pursuant to section 291D-3.5, or other sections of the law and except for summons, citations, or violations relating to the care and maintenance of a rental motor vehicle, the lessor, as the re...

437D-18 Power and duties of the director.

437D-19 Civil penalties.