Territorial application

HRS §476-30 — under Chapter 476.

HRS §476-30

§476-30 Territorial application. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this chapter applies to a credit sale entered into in this State. For the purposes of this chapter a credit sale is entered into in this State if:

(b) A credit sale to which this chapter does not apply entered into with a buyer who is a resident of this State at the time of the credit sale is valid and enforceable in this State to the extent that it is valid and enforceable under the laws of another jurisdiction, but:

(c) Except as provided in subsection (b), a credit sale entered into in another jurisdiction is valid and enforceable in this State according to its terms either to the extent that it is valid and enforceable under the laws of the other jurisdiction or to the extent that it is valid and enforceable under the laws of this State if the contract provides that it shall be governed by the laws of this State.

(d) For the purposes of this chapter, the residence of a buyer is the address given by the buyer as the buyer's residence in the contract signed by the buyer until the buyer notifies the seller of a different address as the buyer's residence, and is then the different address.

(e) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section:

(f) Each of the following agreements or provisions of an agreement by a buyer who is a resident of this State at the time of a credit sale is invalid with respect to the transaction: