(a) An installment lender may advertise and accept applications for installment loans by any lawful medium, including the Internet, and shall provide all required notices and disclosures via the Internet, and the consumer may provide a valid electronic signature on the disclosures and loan agreement, subject to subsection (b).

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 480J-13

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 480J-1
  • Consumer: means a natural person who is the buyer, lessee, or debtor to whom credit is granted in a transaction that is primarily for that natural person's personal, family, or household purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 480J-1
  • Installment loan: means a loan made pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 480J-1
  • lender: means any person who is in the business of offering or making a consumer loan, who arranges a consumer loan for a third party, or who acts as an agent for a third party, regardless of whether the third party is exempt from licensure under this chapter or whether approval, acceptance, or ratification by the third party is necessary to create a legal obligation for the third party, through any method including mail, telephone, the Internet, or any electronic means. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 480J-1
  • Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other association of individuals, however organized. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 480J-1
(b) Installment lenders shall not advertise or make installment loans via the Internet without first having obtained a license pursuant to part II of this chapter.
(c) The unique identifier of any installment lender originating an installment loan, except a person who is exempt from licensure under this chapter, shall be clearly shown on all solicitations, including websites, and all other documents, as established by rule or order of the commissioner.