§437D-17.5 - Rental agreements; unpaid traffic infractions. - Hawaii Statutes

     §437D-17.5  Rental agreements; unpaid traffic infractions.  Pursuant to section 291D-3.5, or other sections of the law and except for summons, citations, or violations relating to the care and maintenance of a rental motor vehicle, the lessor, as the registered owner of the rental motor vehicle, may be responsible for fines, costs, penalties, fees, or other charges related to traffic infractions of a motor vehicle while being leased or rented to a lessee.  The lessor may adopt a policy of charging the lessee the actual amount paid for the traffic infractions to the court or other state government agency or county government plus an administrative fee not to exceed out-of-pocket expenses documented by receipts plus up to four hours of work multiplied by Hawaii's prevailing minimum wage relating to research of files and communications with the court, county government or governmental agencies and lessee; provided that every rental agreement of a lessor adopting the policy must disclose, at a minimum, in plain language and in at least ten-point bold typeface print:

     (1)  The maximum estimated amount of the administrative fee to be charged; and

     (2)  Language encouraging the lessee to pay directly to the court, county government or other appropriate government agency the applicable fines, costs, monetary assessments, penalties, fees, surcharges, or other charges. [L 1993, c 247, §1; am L 2007, c 85, §11]