Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 446-4

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Debtor: means an individual and includes two or more individuals who are jointly and severally or jointly or severally indebted. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 446-1
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, firm, association, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 446-1
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.

Nothing in this chapter is intended to exclude, nor shall it exclude, or prohibit, any bank, financial services loan company, credit union, or any other person or firm licensed by the county, state, or federal government to make loans from paying off the existing debts of any debtor to any other person or firm in connection with, or as a condition precedent to, making a loan to such debtor, if done at the debtor’s request or with the debtor’s consent or agreement.