Hawaii Revised Statutes
443B. Collection Agencies
443B-14 Penalties.

§443B-14 Penalties. Any violation of this chapter is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 per violation. Any officer, agent, or employee of a collection agency who personally participates in any violation of this chapter by the collection agency shall be subject to penalties prescribed in this section. [L 1987, c 191, pt of §1; am L 2012, c 52, §2]

Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes

Hawaii Revised Statutes

Title 25. Professions and Occupations

443B. Collection Agencies

443B-1 Definitions.

443B-2 Powers and duties of the director.

443B-3 Registration required.

443B-3.5 Designation as exempt out-of-state collection agency; limitations on business practices; fees; disciplinary action.

443B-4 Application for registration.

443B-4.51 Certificate of registration.

443B-4.52 Notice of termination of business.

443B-4.53 Termination of business and surrender of certificate of registration. Within ten days after termination of the business, the registrant shall surrender the certificate of registration to the director. [L 1990, c 246, pt of §1]

443B-4.54 Notification of change. Every collection agency shall notify the director in writing of any material change at any time during the application process or the period of registration. [L 1990, c 246, pt of §1]

443B-4.55 Single act; evidence of practice. Evidence that a collection agency has committed any act which is prohibited by this chapter shall be sufficient to justify the remedies set forth in this chapter, without proof of a general course of conduc...

443B-4.56 Transfer of registration. No registration, including the rights, privileges, and obligations thereof, shall be assigned, sold, leased, encumbered, or otherwise transferred, voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, including by...

443B-4.57 Fine, revocation, suspension, termination, denial of registration, renewal of registration, or restoration of registration.

443B-4.58 Biennial renewal requirement.

443B-4.59 Restoration of forfeited registration.

443B-4.60 Collecting without a registration. Any collection agency whose registration has been terminated but continues to conduct business as a collection agency shall be engaging in an unregistered activity, and any agency so engaged, and any emplo...

443B-4.61 REPEALED.

443B-4.62 Audits.

443B-4.63 Furnishing deceptive forms. It is unlawful for any person who is not a registered collection agency to design, compile, or furnish any form knowing that the form could be used to create a belief in a debtor that the person who designed, com...

443B-6 Place of business; principal collector.

443B-7 REPEALED.

443B-8 Manner in which records, funds, and other forms of indebtedness are to be kept by collection agencies.

443B-9 Collection, attorney's, or commission fees; exception.

443B-10 Reports and payments by agency.

443B-10.5 Fiduciary responsibility. Each collection agency shall be considered a fiduciary with respect to its clients and shall keep and disburse funds collected on its client's behalf in strict compliance with any agreement made with a client and w...

443B-11 Action on collection agency bond.

443B-12 Remedies not exclusive.

443B-13 Jurisdiction of courts.

443B-14 Penalties.

443B-15 Threats or coercion.

443B-16 Harassment and abuse.

443B-17 Unreasonable publication.

443B-18 Fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading representations.

443B-19 Unfair or unconscionable means.

443B-20 Unfair competition, unfair or deceptive acts or practices.

443B-21 Severability.