Hawaii Revised Statutes 437d. Motor Vehicle Rental Industry

• 437d-1 Short Title.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Motor Vehicle Rental Industry Act". [L 1988, c 251, pt of §2]
• 437d-2 Scope.
  This chapter shall apply to all persons in the business of leasing rental motor vehicles in this State. [L 1988, c 251, pt of
• 437d-3 Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: "Advertisement" means any oral, written, graphic, or pictorial statement or representation, including those made through any electronic or print...
• 437d-4 Rental Agreements; Delivery to Director.
  No lessor shall offer a rental agreement or damage waiver unless a specimen of the rental agreement or damage waiver is delivered to the director...
• 437d-5 Rental Agreements; Damage Waivers.
  (a) Each rental agreement that contains a damage waiver shall disclose, at a minimum, in plain language and in at least ten-point boldface type,...
• 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.
  The daily and periodic rental cost to the lessee shall include the amount of each charge which is required as a condition to the...
• 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...
• 437d-8 Rate Disclosure Requirements; Oral or Written Statements.
  Each lessor, and each officer, employee, agent, or other representative of the lessor, who makes any oral statement, excluding telephonic communications, or written statement...
• 437d-8.4 License and Registration Fees.
  (a) [Repeal and reenactment on December 31, 2027. L 2005, c 247, §9(3); L 2015, c 240, §7.] Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,...
• 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...
• 437d-8.6 Damage Waiver Statistics.
  Lessors shall maintain records of the sale of damage waivers in a given year and amounts expended to repair damage to rental vehicles caused...
• 437d-9 Posting Requirements.
  Except as provided in section 437D-17, each lessor who offers the damage waiver shall conspicuously display at the rental area of each rental location...
• 437d-10 Pamphleting Requirements.
  Before the execution of a rental agreement, each lessor who offers a damage waiver option to a lessee shall provide to the lessee a...
• 437d-11 Acknowledgment by Lessee.
  No lessor shall rent a motor vehicle to a lessee until the lessee has acknowledged that the lessee understands the information described in section...
• 437d-12 Deposit or Advance Charge Prohibited; Payment for Damages to Rental Motor Vehicle.
  No lessor shall require a deposit or an advance charge against the credit card of a lessee, in any form, for damages to a vehicle...
• 437d-13 Notice and Posting Required Concerning Motor Vehicle Laws.
  Every lessor shall display at all times a sign or signs in a conspicuous place in the main rental area of all rental locations,...
• 437d-14 Fuel Charges.
  (a) Except as provided in this section, refueling charges are prohibited. (b) Upon the lessee's return of the vehicle, if the amount of fuel...
• 437d-15 Unfair Trade Practices.
  Each lessor, and each officer, employee, agent, and other representative thereof, is prohibited from engaging in any practice constituting a violation of chapter 480....
• 437d-16 Application of Insurance Laws.
  None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the issuance of collision insurance underwritten by an insurer authorized to transact property and casualty...
• 437d-17 Exceptions to Posting Requirements.
  The posting requirements of sections 437D-9 and 437D-13 shall not apply to a lessor who is a party to a commercial lease which prohibits...
• 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...
• 437d-18 Power and Duties of the Director.
  The director shall have the power and duty to adopt, amend, and repeal rules in accordance with chapter 91 to carry out the purposes...
• 437d-19 Civil Penalties.
  Any person who violates or attempts to violate any provision of this chapter shall be deemed to have engaged in an unfair and deceptive...

Last modified: October 27, 2016