(a) No collection agency shall collect or attempt to collect any money or any other forms of indebtedness alleged to be due and owing from any person who resides or does business in this State without first registering under this chapter.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 443B-3

  • Collection agency: includes :

    (1) Any person using any name other than the person's own in collecting the person's own claims with the intention of conveying, or which tends to convey the impression that a third party has been employed;

    (2) Any person who, in the conduct of the person's business for a fee, regularly repossesses any merchandise or chattels for another; and

    (3) Any person who regularly accepts the assignment of claims or money due on accounts or other forms of indebtedness and brings suits upon the assigned claims or money due on accounts or other forms of indebtedness in the person's own name; provided that any suits shall be initiated and prosecuted by an attorney who shall have been appointed by the assignee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 443B-1

  • Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 443B-1
  • Principal collector: means an individual who has been designated by a collection agency to assume responsibility for the operations and activities of the agency's office in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 443B-1
(b) Registration shall include:

(1) Submission of a complete application for registration;
(2) Submission of a certificate of good standing or a certificate of authority from the business registration division;
(3) Payment of appropriate fees;
(4) Filing and maintenance of a bond in the amount prescribed in § 443B-5;
(5) Maintenance of a regular active business office in the State; and
(6) Designation of a principal collector, as prescribed in section 443B-6.
(c) Any collection agency which has filed a bond with the director and maintained that bond in full force and effect, and which has not filed an application and paid the registration fee within ninety days of June 6, 1987, shall submit an application in the same manner as a new applicant subject to the provisions of sections 443B-4 and 443B-6.

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