Hawaii Revised Statutes 487. Consumer Protection

  • 487-1 Legislative Intent.
    The public health, welfare and interest require a strong and effective consumer protection program to protect the interests of both the consumer public and...
  • 487-2 Office of Consumer Protection; Director.
    There is created within the department of commerce and consumer affairs an office of consumer protection. The director of commerce and consumer affairs shall...
  • 487-3 Personnel.
    (a) The director may appoint as staff members persons who have been admitted to practice law before the supreme court of this State without...
  • 487-4 Salary and Duties of Executive Director; Benefits.
    The director may define the executive director's powers and duties and fix the executive director's compensation. The executive director and attorney staff members shall...
  • 487-5 General Functions, Powers, and Duties.
    The director of the office of consumer protection is designated the consumer counsel for the State and shall represent and protect the State, the...
  • 487-6 Consumer Advisory Council.
    There shall be a consumer advisory council consisting of eleven members who shall be appointed by the governor and serve at the governor's pleasure....
  • 487-7 Cooperation With Office of Consumer Protection.
    Each department, agency, officer and employee of the State and of the counties shall cooperate with and assist the office of consumer protection in...
  • 487-8 Powers and Duties of Other Departments and Agencies.
    Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to delegate or detract in any way from the functions, powers and duties prescribed by law...
  • 487-9 Investigations.
    The director in the course of the director's investigations may subpoena witnesses, examine them under oath, and require the production of books, papers, documents,...
  • 487-10 Investigators, Appointment and Powers.
    The director shall appoint and commission one or more investigators as the exigencies of the public service may require. Persons appointed and commissioned under...
  • 487-11 Repealed.
    L 1988, c 60, ยง6.
  • 487-12 Assurance of Voluntary Compliance.
    In lieu of instituting or continuing an investigation or action pursuant to section 487-5(6), the director may accept written assurance of voluntary compliance from...
  • 487-13 Unlicensed Acts; Penalties.
    (a) Any person who furnishes commodities or services for which a license, registration, or certificate is required from the department of commerce and consumer...
  • 487-14 Restitution.
    (a) In any action brought by the director of the office of consumer protection, the court may include in its orders or judgments such...
  • 487-15 Injunction.
    The director of commerce and consumer affairs or the office of consumer protection may bring civil proceedings to enjoin any violation of section 487-13(a)...
  • 487-16 Appointment of Receiver; Powers; Limitation.
    (a) If the director initiates any action in circuit court under this chapter against a person for allegedly engaging in unfair or deceptive acts...

Note

Mortgage foreclosure task force, reports to legislature (expires June 30, 2012). L 2010, c 162.

Cross References

Lease-purchase agreements for personal property, see chapter 481M.

Mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions, see chapter 508D.

Service contracts, see chapter 481X.

Last modified: October 27, 2016