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Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 2. Business § 481R-4

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) Before conducting business in this State or issuing any warranty, a warrantor shall register with the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and shall pay to the commissioner a fee as provided under section 431:7-101. A person who sells or solicits a vehicle protection product, but who is not a warrantor, shall not be required to register with the commissioner as a warrantor.

(b) Warrantor registration records shall be updated annually and shall contain the following information:

(1) The address of the principal office of the warrantor;

(2) The name and address of the warrantor's agent for the service of process in this State, if other than the warrantor;

(3) The identities of the warrantor's executive officer or officers directly responsible for the warrantor's vehicle protection product business;

(4) The name, address, and telephone number of any administrators designated by the warrantor to be responsible for the administration of vehicle protection product warranties in this State; and

(5) A statement that the warrantor is in compliance with the financial security requirements of section 481R-5 and that details how the warrantor intends to meet the requirements, and proof of compliance with the requirements.

(c) The marketing, selling, offering for sale, issuing, making, proposing to make, and administering of vehicle protection products shall be exempt from:

(1) Chapter 481X; and

(2) The insurance laws of this State.

(d) The following contracts and agreements shall be exempt from this chapter and shall only be subject to other statutes and laws that specifically apply to them:

(1) Warranties or guarantees, other than those provided as part of a vehicle protection product; and

(2) Service contracts regulated by chapter 481X.

(e) A seller shall not be deemed to be a warrantor unless, in addition to acting as a seller, the person is named under the terms of a vehicle protection product warranty as the contractual obligor to the consumer.

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