Sections
Part I General 445-1 – 445-16
Part II Auction 445-21 – 445-38
Part IIA Food Products–Repealed 445-71,
Part III Lodging or Tenement Houses, Hotels, and Boardinghouses 445-90 – 445-97,
Part IV Outdoor Advertising 445-111 – 445-121
Part V Pawnbrokers 445-131 – 445-136
Part VI Peddlers 445-141
Part VII Secondhand Dealers 445-171 – 445-172
Part VIII Solicitors–Repealed 445-181
Part IX Vehicles and Drivers for Hire–Repealed 445-221
Part X Scrap Dealers 445-231 – 445-235

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 445 - County Licenses

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Applicant: means :

         (1)  In the case of an individual long-term care insurance policy, the person who seeks to contract for benefits; and

         (2)  In the case of a group long-term care insurance policy, the proposed certificate holder. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Beer keg: means a metal container used to hold five gallons or more of liquid that is stamped, engraved, stenciled, or otherwise marked with the name of a brewery manufacturer; provided that a deposit beverage container, as defined under § 342G-101, shall not be considered a beer keg. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-231
  • Billboard: is a ny board, fence, or similar structure, whether free-standing or supported by or placed against any wall or structure, which is designed or used for the principal purpose of having outdoor advertising devices placed, posted, or fastened upon it. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-111
  • Boardinghouse: means a building or buildings having at least three rooms for the accommodation of six or more unrelated persons and in which the owner or operator furnishes at least one meal per day as part of the accommodations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-90
  • Certificate: means , for the purposes of this article, any certificate issued under a group long-term care insurance policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Copper: means copper in all different forms, including tubing, sheets (includes plates), gutters, down spouts, bars, bare wire or cable, insulated wire or cable, and aluminum/copper coil used in air conditioning and refrigeration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-231
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Group long-term care insurance: means a long-term care insurance policy which is delivered or issued for delivery in this State and issued to:

         (1)  One or more employers or labor organizations, or a trust or to the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination thereof, for employees or former employees or a combination thereof or for members or former members or a combination thereof, of the labor organizations; or

         (2)  Any professional, trade, or occupational association for its members or former or retired members, or combination thereof, if the association:

              (A)  Is composed of individuals all of whom are or were actively engaged in the same profession, trade, or occupation; and

              (B)  Has been maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining insurance; or

         (3)  An association or a trust or the trustees of a fund established, created, or maintained for the benefit of members of one or more associations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Holding period: means a period of time not less than thirty days after the maturity date, in which a customer has the right to redeem pledged goods by paying a pawnbroker the amount provided in the applicable pawn transaction agreement and an additional pawn finance charge. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-131
  • Hotel: means any building or portion thereof or buildings containing more than nine rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to six or more unrelated persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-90
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Long-term care insurance: means any insurance policy or rider advertised, marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for not less than twelve consecutive months for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis, for one or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or personal care services, provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104
  • Maturity date: means the date upon which a pawn transaction agreement expires and the holding period begins to run. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-131
  • Month: means that period of time from one date in a calendar month to the corresponding date in the following calendar month, but if there is no corresponding date, then the last day of the following month, and when computations are made for a fraction of a month, a day shall be one-thirtieth of a month. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-131
  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • NAIC: means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Outdoor advertising device: means any device which is:

              (A)  A writing, picture, painting, light, model, display, emblem, sign, or similar device situated outdoors, which is so designed that it draws the attention of persons in any public highway, park, or other public place to any property, services, entertainment, or amusement, bought, sold, rented, hired, offered, or otherwise traded in by any person, or to the place or person where or by whom such buying, selling, renting, hiring, offering, or other trading is carried on;

              (B)  A sign, poster, notice, bill, or word or words in writing situated outdoors and so designed that it draws the attention of and is read by persons in any public highway, park, or other public place; or

              (C)  A sign, writing, symbol, or emblem made of lights, or a device or design made of lights so designed that its primary function is not giving light, which is situated outdoors and draws the attention of persons in any public highway, park or other public place. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-111

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Pawn finance charge: means the sum of all charges, payable directly or indirectly by the customer and imposed directly or indirectly by the pawnbroker, including charges for insurance, handling, storage, and any other charge imposed incidental to the pawn transaction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-131
  • Pawn transaction: means the act of lending money on the security of pledged goods or the act of purchasing tangible personal property on condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-131
  • Pawnbroker: means a person engaged in the business of making pawn transactions, but does not include financial institutions whose deposits are federally insured and companies that are regulated or supervised by the division of financial institutions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-131
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pledged goods: means tangible personal property, other than choses in action, securities, or printed evidences of indebtedness, that is deposited with or otherwise actually delivered into the possession of a pawnbroker in the course of the pawnbroker's business and in connection with a pawn transaction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-131
  • Policy: means , for the purposes of this article, any policy, contract, subscriber agreement, rider, or endorsement delivered or issued for delivery in this State by an insurer; fraternal benefit society; nonprofit health, hospital, or medical service corporation; prepaid health plan; health maintenance organization; or any similar organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10H-104
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • rooming house: means any building or portion thereof containing no more than nine rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to three or more unrelated persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-90
  • Scrap: means any secondhand or used metal except those used motor vehicle parts provided in chapter 289. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-231
  • Scrap dealer: means any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or dealing in scrap, or any person operating, carrying on, conducting, or maintaining a scrap yard. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-231
  • Scrap yard: means any yard, plot, space, enclosure, building, or any other place where scrap is collected, stored, gathered together, and kept. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-231
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • telecommunications: means the offering of transmission between or among points specified by a user, of information of the user's choosing, including voice, data, image, graphics, and video without change in the form or content of the information, as sent and received, by means of electromagnetic transmission, or other similarly capable means of transmission, with or without benefit of any closed transmission medium, and does not include cable service as defined in § 440G-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269-1
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • treasurer: means the treasurer or director of finance of any county of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-1
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Truth in Lending Act: The Truth in Lending Act is a federal law that requires lenders to provide standardized information so that borrowers can compare loan terms. In general, lenders must provide information on Source: OCC
  • Urn: means a container that is or has been used to hold human ashes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 445-231
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.