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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Except as expressly prohibited or limited by this chapter, a financial services loan company shall have the power to make loans where the interest charged, contracted for, or received is in excess of rates permitted by law, other than this article, and to engage in other activities that are usual or incidental to the business for which it is licensed, and shall have all rights, powers, and privileges of a corporation organized under the laws of this State, including but not limited to, the power to:
(1) Make loans and extensions of credit of any kind, whether unsecured or secured by real or personal property of any kind or description;
(2) Borrow money from any source within or without this State;
(3) Charge or retain a fee for the originating, selling, brokering, or servicing of loans and extensions of credit;
(4) Discount, purchase, or acquire loans, including but not limited to notes, credit sales contracts, mortgage loans, or other instruments;
(5) Become the legal or beneficial owner of tangible personal property and fixtures and such other real property interests as shall be incidental thereto, to lease such property, to obtain an assignment of a lessor's interest in a lease of the property, and to incur obligations incidental to the financial services loan company's position as the legal or beneficial owner and the lessor of the property;
(6) Sell or refer credit related insurance products, and collect premiums or fees for the sale or referral thereof, including, but not limited to, credit life insurance, credit disability insurance, accident, and health or sickness insurance, involuntary unemployment insurance, personal property insurance, and mortgage protection insurance;
(7) Make investments as permitted under this article;
(8) Charge to a borrower a returned check fee if a check that has been tendered by the borrower in payment on account of a loan is returned unpaid; provided that:
(A) The fee shall not exceed $20;
(B) The fee shall be imposed under a separate billing, and shall not be added to a borrower's outstanding loan balance nor deducted from a loan payment; and
(C) A failure to pay the fee shall not constitute a default under any outstanding loan agreement between the borrower and the financial services loan company; and
(9) Charge to a borrower a “below minimum draft fee” of $10 per draft for the processing costs involved on a draft written below the minimum amount established on an open-ended loan.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 2. Business § 412:9-200 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-2-business/hi-rev-st-sect-412-9-200/
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