Chapter 478 — Chapter 478
15 sections in this chapter.
HRS §478-1 Definitions
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§478-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter and unless a different meaning appears from the context: "Annual percentage rate" shall have the meaning given the term in the Truth in Lending Act. "Consumer credit" means credit extended to a natural person primarily for a personal, f…
HRS §478-10 REPEALED
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§478-10 REPEALED. L 1980, c 188, §4.
HRS §478-11 REPEALED
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§478-11 REPEALED. L 1986, c 137, pt of §1.
HRS §478-11.5 Credit cards
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§478-11.5 Credit cards. (a) With regard to every credit card issuer wherever located and a customer who is a resident of this State and who is given the opportunity to enter into a credit card plan, every solicitation and application for the credit card plan shall set forth all o…
HRS §478-12 Renumbered as §478-9
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§478-12 Renumbered as §478-9.
HRS §478-13 REPEALED
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§478-13 REPEALED. L 1986, c 137, pt of §1.
HRS §478-2 Legal rate; computation
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§478-2 Legal rate; computation. When there is no express written contract fixing a different rate of interest, interest shall be allowed at the rate of ten per cent a year, except that, with respect to obligations of the State, interest shall be allowed at the prime rate for each…
HRS §478-3 On judgment
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§478-3 On judgment. Interest at the rate of ten per cent a year, and no more, shall be allowed on any judgment recovered before any court in the State, in any civil suit. [CC 1859, §1481; am L 1868, p 9; am L 1898, c 4, §2; RL 1925, §3586; RL 1935, §7051; am L 1935, c 18, §1; RL …
HRS §478-4 Rate by written contract
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§478-4 Rate by written contract. (a) It shall in no case be deemed unlawful, with respect to any consumer credit transaction (except a credit card agreement) and any home business loan to stipulate by written contract, for any rate of simple interest not exceeding one per cent pe…
HRS §478-5 [OLD] REPEALED
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§478-5 [OLD] REPEALED. L 1986, c 137, pt of §1. §478-5 Usury not recoverable. If a greater rate of interest than that permitted by law is contracted for with respect to any consumer credit transaction, any home business loan or any credit card agreement, the contract shall not, b…
HRS §478-6 Usury; penalty
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§478-6 Usury; penalty. Any person who directly or indirectly receives any interest or finance charge at a rate greater than that permitted by law or who, by any method or device whatsoever, receives or arranges for the receipt of interest or finance charge at a greater rate than …
HRS §478-7 Compound, not recoverable
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§478-7 Compound, not recoverable. No action shall be maintainable in any court of the State to recover compound interest upon any consumer credit transaction or upon any credit card agreement whatever. [CC 1859, §1484; RL 1925, §3590; RL 1935, §7056; RL 1945, §8737; RL 1955, §191…
HRS §478-8 Exemptions from usury
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§478-8 Exemptions from usury. (a) This chapter (except for this section and section 478-3) shall not apply to any mortgage loan transaction wholly or partially secured by a guarantee or insurance or a commitment to insure issued under the provisions of the National Housing Act, C…
HRS §478-8.5 REPEALED
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§478-8.5 REPEALED. L 1986, c 137, pt of §1.
HRS §478-9 [OLD] REPEALED
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§478-9 [OLD] REPEALED. L 1980, c 188, §4. §478-9 Rejection of federal law. It is hereby explicitly stated by the terms of this section that the provisions of Title V, Part A-Mortgage Usury Laws, Mortgages, section 501(a)(1) and of Part B-Business and Agricultural Loans, of the De…