Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-8 – Rate disclosure requirements; oral or written statements
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-8
- Damage waiver: means any contract or contractual provision, whether separate from or a part of a rental agreement, whereby the lessor agrees, for a charge, to waive any or all claims against the lessee for any damages to the rental motor vehicle during the term of the rental agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
- Lessee: means any person obtaining the use of a rental motor vehicle from a lessor for a period of six months or less under the terms of a rental agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
- Lessor: means any person in the business of providing rental motor vehicles to the public. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
- Plain language: means language written or spoken in a clear and coherent manner using words with common and everyday meanings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
- Rental cost: means the daily or periodic rate charged for the use of the rental motor vehicle, but does not include optional or refueling charges. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
- vehicle: means a motor vehicle as defined in § 286-2, which is rented or leased or offered for rent or lease in this State, whether for personal or commercial use, for a period of six months or less. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
Each lessor, and each officer, employee, agent, or other representative of the lessor, who makes any oral statement, excluding telephonic communications, or written statement of the rental cost of a vehicle, shall disclose, in plain language and in conjunction with that statement, the daily rate of the applicable damage waiver and that the rate constitutes an additional daily charge to the lessee.