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Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 2. Business § 485A-806

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A qualified person may delay a disbursement from, or a transaction in connection with, an account of an elder or a vulnerable adult, or an account on which an elder or a vulnerable adult is a beneficiary, if:

(1) The qualified person reasonably believes that the requested disbursement or transaction may result in financial exploitation of the elder or vulnerable adult after initiating an internal review of the requested disbursement or transaction and the suspected financial exploitation; and

(2) The qualified person:

(A) Immediately, but in no event more than two business days after the requested disbursement or transaction is delayed, provides written notification of the delay and the reason for the delay to all parties authorized to transact business on the account, unless any party is reasonably believed to have engaged in suspected or attempted financial exploitation of the elder or vulnerable adult;

(B) Immediately, but in no event more than two business days after the requested disbursement or transaction is delayed, notifies the commissioner; and

(C) Continues its internal review of the suspected or attempted financial exploitation of the elder or vulnerable adult, as necessary, and provides status updates to the commissioner upon request.

(b) Any delay of a requested disbursement or transaction as authorized by this section shall expire upon the sooner of:

(1) A determination by the qualified person that the requested disbursement or transaction will not result in financial exploitation of the elder or vulnerable adult; or

(2) Fifteen business days after the date on which the qualified person first delayed the requested disbursement or transaction, unless the commissioner requests that the qualified person extend the delay, in which case the delay shall expire no later than twenty-five business days after the date on which the qualified person first delayed the requested disbursement or transaction, unless sooner terminated or further extended by the commissioner or by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) A court of competent jurisdiction may enter an order extending the delay of the requested disbursement or transaction, or may order other protective relief based on the petition of the commissioner, the qualified person who initiated the delay under this section, or other interested party.

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