Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
443B. Collection Agencies

443B-1 Definitions. - §443B-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Client" means a...

443B-2 Powers and duties of the director. - §443B-2 Powers and duties of the director. In addition to...

443B-3 Registration required. - §443B-3 Registration required. (a) No collection agency shall collect or...

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

443B-4 Application for registration. - §443B-4 Application for registration. The director shall prescribe the form...

443B-4.51 Certificate of registration. - §443B-4.51 Certificate of registration. Each certificate of registration shall be...

443B-4.52 Notice of termination of business. - §443B-4.52 Notice of termination of business. (a) Not less than...

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-4.53 Termination of business and surrender of certificate of registration....

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-4.54 Notification of change. Every collection agency shall notify the...

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-4.55 Single act; evidence of practice. Evidence that a collection...

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-4.56 Transfer of registration. No registration, including the rights, privileges,...

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

443B-4.58 Biennial renewal requirement. - §443B-4.58 Biennial renewal requirement. (a) Each collection agency shall renew...

443B-4.59 Restoration of forfeited registration. - §443B-4.59 Restoration of forfeited registration. (a) A forfeited registration may...

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-4.60 Collecting without a registration. Any collection agency whose registration...

443B-4.61 REPEALED. - §443B-4.61 REPEALED. L 1992, c 202, §197.

443B-4.62 Audits. - §443B-4.62 Audits. (a) When the director has reasonable cause to...

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-4.63 Furnishing deceptive forms. It is unlawful for any person...

443B-5 Bond. - §443B-5 Bond. (a) Each collection agency shall file and maintain...

443B-6 Place of business; principal collector. - §443B-6 Place of business; principal collector. (a) A collection agency...

443B-7 REPEALED. - §443B-7 REPEALED. L 1992, c 202, §198.

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

443B-9 Collection, attorney's, or commission fees; exception. - §443B-9 Collection, attorney's, or commission fees; exception. (a) A collection...

443B-10 Reports and payments by agency. - §443B-10 Reports and payments by agency. Every collection agency shall,...

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-10.5 Fiduciary responsibility. Each collection agency shall be considered a...

443B-11 Action on collection agency bond. - §443B-11 Action on collection agency bond. If a collection agency...

443B-12 Remedies not exclusive. - §443B-12 Remedies not exclusive. The remedies provided for in this...

443B-13 Jurisdiction of courts. - §443B-13 Jurisdiction of courts. The various district courts of the...

443B-14 Penalties. - §443B-14 Penalties. Any violation of this chapter is punishable by...

443B-15 Threats or coercion. - §443B-15 Threats or coercion. No collection agency shall collect or...

443B-16 Harassment and abuse. - §443B-16 Harassment and abuse. No collection agency shall oppress, harass,...

443B-17 Unreasonable publication. - §443B-17 Unreasonable publication. No collection agency shall unreasonably publicize information...

443B-18 Fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading representations. - §443B-18 Fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading representations. No collection agency shall...

443B-19 Unfair or unconscionable means. - §443B-19 Unfair or unconscionable means. No collection agency shall use...

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

443B-21 Severability. - §443B-21 Severability. If any provision of this chapter or the...