Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 436M-5

  • Alarm business: means any individual, corporation, or other business entity that engages in selling, leasing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving, or installing any alarm system in or on any building, place, or premises, except motor vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 436M-1
  • Alarm system: means any device that is designed for the detection of an unauthorized entry into any building, place, or premises, except motor vehicles, or for alerting others to the commission of an unlawful act, or both, and that emits a sound or transmits a signal or message when activated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 436M-1

On or near each alarm system shall be posted the name, address, and telephone number of the alarm business that is maintaining, servicing, or monitoring the system. An alarm system that is not being maintained, serviced, or monitored by an alarm business shall bear the name, address, and telephone number of a person or persons who may be contacted to service or disconnect the system in the event that it malfunctions.