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HI Rev Stat § 486J-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486J. Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act|486J-22 Duties of the council.

  §486J-22 Duties of the council. The council shall:  (1) Advise the department of trends and activities in the retail petroleum industry that may require statutory consideration; and  (2) Take such other action as may be necessary to ensure that the department is informed of all relevant developments in the retail petroleum industry affecting the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this State. [L 1997, c 257, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 486K-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-1 Definitions.

  §486K-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  "Guest" means a person who is registered at the hotel and to whom a bedroom is assigned. The term "guest" shall include not only the guest, but the members of the guest's family and other persons who accompany the guest.  "Hotel", "hotel-condominium" or "condominium-hotel" means an establishment consisting of any building or structure used primarily for the business of providing for consideration transient accommodation lodging facilities and that furnishes, as part of its routine operations, one or more customary lodging services, other than living accommodations and the use of furniture and fixtures, including but not limited to restaurant facilities, or room attendant, bell, telephone switchboard, laundering, or concierge services, and is subject to the transient accommodations tax under chapter 237D.  "Hotelkeeper" or "keeper" includes any individual, firm, or corporation actually operating a hotel.  "Security box" means any metal or alloy box, used in a hotel for the safekeeping of any valuables, which may be securely locked with a locking mechanism that meets or exceeds Underwriters Laboratories standards and which shall be secured in a manner which precludes its removal from the room.  "Valuables" includes money, bank notes, bonds, precious stones, jewelry, ornaments, watches, securities, transportation tickets, photographic cameras, checks, drafts, and other negotiable instruments, business papers, documents, and other papers, and other articles of value. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3; am L 1981, c 83, §1; am L 1992, c 141, §1; am L 2008, c 19, §62]
HI Rev Stat § 486K-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-2 Hotelkeeper's lien on baggage, etc., of guests; summary ejectment of delinquents.

  §486K-2 Hotelkeeper's lien on baggage, etc., of guests; summary ejectment of delinquents. All hotelkeepers shall have a lien on all baggage and other property in the possession of the hotel belonging to guests at the hotel, for the amount of their proper charges against guests for the hire of rooms or board or other services or accommodation in the hotel, and shall have the right, without the process of law, to retain the same until the amount of indebtedness is discharged. All parties indebted for rooms or board in the hotel may be summarily ejected by the keeper thereof from the premises upon the keeper giving to the parties so indebted a written notice of the amount of indebtedness and the keeper's demand for the same, unless the parties shall have entered into an agreement with the keeper for a mode and manner of payment for room or board other than that announced by notice in the hotel, the right of summary ejectment to be without prejudice to the lien on the guest's baggage or other property. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3; gen ch 1985; am L 2008, c 19, §63] Case Notes  Does not preclude hotel from removing hotel guest's personal belongings from hotel room and changing the room's doorlock so as to prevent hotel guest from re-entering the room without hotel's permission, upon the expiration of the license to occupy mutually agreed to by hotel guest and hotel. 10 H. App. 123, 861 P.2d 736.
HI Rev Stat § 486K-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-3 Sale of detained baggage; notice; disposition of proceeds.

  §486K-3 Sale of detained baggage; notice; disposition of proceeds. All baggage and property so held by the keeper of the hotel, after the expiration of three months from the date of the detention, shall be sold at public auction, after notice thereof published three times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the hotel is kept. The proceeds thereof shall be applied to the payment of the amount due and the expenses of the notice and sale. The balance, if any remaining, shall be paid over to the owner of the property or the owner's representative. If the balance is not claimed by the owner within sixty days after sale, then the balance shall be paid over to the director of finance of the State and shall be kept by the director in a special deposit for payment to the owner and shall be disposed of as provided in chapter 523A. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3; am L 1985, c 68, §17]
HI Rev Stat § 486K-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-4 Safe or security box for valuables; limitation of liability for deposited valuables.

  §486K-4 Safe or security box for valuables; limitation of liability for deposited valuables. (a) If the keeper of any hotel provides a safe or vault in its office at the hotel for the safekeeping of any valuables belonging to the guests of the hotel, and prominently posts a notice in the room or rooms occupied by the guest stating that a safe or vault is provided in which valuables may be deposited and if any guest neglects to deliver valuables to the person in charge of the safe or vault, the keeper of the hotel shall not be liable in any sum for any loss of valuables sustained by the guest by theft or otherwise unless the loss is due to the negligence or fault of the keeper of the hotel. If the guest delivers valuables to the person in charge of the office for deposit in the safe or vault, the keeper shall not be liable for any loss sustained by the guest by theft or otherwise in any sum exceeding $500; provided that the keeper's liability is limited to $500 only if:  (1) The keeper gives a receipt for the valuables on a form which states, in type large enough to be clearly noticeable, that the keeper is not liable for any loss exceeding $500 except by special agreement in writing in which the keeper agrees to accept liability for losses in excess of $500; and  (2) The loss is not due to the negligence or fault of the keeper of the hotel. The keeper may accept liability for losses in excess of $500 by special agreement in writing between a guest and the keeper or the keeper's duly authorized representative.  (b) If the keeper of a hotel provides a security box in the room of any guest and prominently posts a notice stating that a security box is provided in which valuables may be deposited and explains the liability for losses therefrom, the keeper of the hotel shall not be liable in any sum for any loss sustained by the guest unless the loss is due to the negligence or fault of the keeper of the hotel. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3; am L 1981, c 83, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 2008, c 19, §64]
HI Rev Stat § 486K-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-5 Hotelkeeper's liability for personal property.

  §486K-5 Hotelkeeper's liability for personal property. (a) No hotelkeeper shall be liable in any sum to any guest of the hotel for the loss of wearing apparel, goods, merchandise, or other personal property not mentioned in section 486K-4, unless it appears that the loss occurred through the fault or negligence of the hotelkeeper.  (b) No hotelkeeper shall be liable in any event in any sum for the loss of any article or articles of wearing apparel, cane, umbrella, satchel, valise, bag, box, bundle, or other chattel belonging to any guest of, or in, any hotel, and not within a room or rooms assigned to the guest, unless the same is specially entrusted to the care and custody of the keeper or the keeper's duly authorized agent. If so specially entrusted with any such article belonging to the guest, the keeper shall not be liable for the loss of the article in any sum exceeding $500; provided that the keeper's liability may be in excess of $500 by special agreement in writing with the keeper or the keeper's duly authorized representative. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3; gen ch 1985; am L 2008, c 19, §65] Case Notes  Hotelkeeper's common law liability as insurer has been abrogated; liability in case of entrusted property limited to statutory amount. 44 H. 59, 352 P.2d 335.
HI Rev Stat § 486K-5.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-5.5 Hotelkeeper's liability limited for certain beach and ocean activities.

  §486K-5.5 Hotelkeeper's liability limited for certain beach and ocean activities. In a claim alleging injury or loss on account of a hazardous condition on a beach or in the ocean, a hotelkeeper shall be liable to a hotel guest for damages for personal injury, death, property damage, or other loss resulting from the hotel guest going onto the beach or into the ocean for a recreational purpose, including wading, swimming, surfing, body surfing, boogie boarding, diving, or snorkeling, only when such loss or injury is caused by the hotelkeeper's failure to warn against a hazardous condition on a beach or in the ocean, known, or which should have been known to a reasonably prudent hotelkeeper, and when the hazardous condition is not known to the guest or would not have been known to a reasonably prudent guest. A hotelkeeper owes no duty and shall have no liability for conditions which were not created by the hotel to a person who is not a guest of the hotel for injury or damage resulting from any beach or ocean activity.  As used in this section, "beach" means the beach fronting the hotel, and "hotel guest" means a guest of that particular hotel and other persons occupying the assigned rooms. [L 1994, c 90, §2] Case Notes  Defendant's motion for summary judgment denied, where, inter alia, (1) defendant's hotel did not "front" the beach within the meaning of this statute because it was not contiguous with the beach; thus, defendant not protected by the limitations on liability contained in this statute; and (2) court not persuaded by defendant's argument that this statute abrogated the liability of all hotelkeepers for ocean-related injuries. 98 F. Supp. 2d 1129.
HI Rev Stat § 486K-5.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-5.6 Hotelkeeper's liability for provision of certain recreational equipment.

  §486K-5.6 Hotelkeeper's liability for provision of certain recreational equipment. (a) Notwithstanding section 663-1.54, a hotelkeeper shall have no duty to instruct or train a user of recreational equipment or to supervise the use of such equipment where the recreational equipment is in fact used without supervision and, at the time of such use, is not part of an activity guided or managed by representatives of the hotelkeeper.  (b) As used in this section, "recreational equipment" includes skin diving masks, snorkels, swim fins, bodysurfing boards, surfboards, canoes, kayaks, bicycles, skates, tennis or golf equipment, weights and exercise equipment, air mattresses, and flotation devices provided by the hotel. "Recreational equipment" does not include:  (1) Any water or land vehicle powered by an engine, motor, or the wind;  (2) Any device, other than a snorkel, that permits a person to breathe while submerged;  (3) Parachutes, parasails, or any equipment designed for flight, gliding, or controlled descent in the air;  (4) Any firearm, airgun, archery equipment; or  (5) Any edged weapon.  (c) Nothing in this section shall bar liability of a hotelkeeper:  (1) For negligence in the maintenance of recreational equipment; or  (2) When a loss or injury is suffered by a hotel guest and is caused by the hotelkeeper's failure to warn against a hazardous condition on a beach or in the ocean, known, or which should have been known to a reasonably prudent hotelkeeper, as specified in section 486K-5.5. [L 1998, c 302, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 486K-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-6 Hotelkeeper's liability in case of fire, etc.

  §486K-6 Hotelkeeper's liability in case of fire, etc. A hotelkeeper shall only be liable to any guest of the hotel for ordinary and reasonable care in the custody of money, jewels, bank notes, precious stones, transportation tickets, negotiable or valuable papers, ornaments, baggage, wearing apparel, or other chattels or property belonging to any guest, whether specially entrusted to the keeper or the keeper's agent, or deposited in the safe of the hotel, for any loss occasioned by fire or by any other cause or force over which the hotelkeeper had no control. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3; gen ch 1985; am L 2008, c 19, §66]
HI Rev Stat § 486K-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-7 Posting copy of law; damages recoverable by guests.

  §486K-7 Posting copy of law; damages recoverable by guests. The keeper of every hotel shall post in a conspicuous place in the office or public room and in every bedroom of the hotel a printed copy of sections 486K-1 to 486K-8 and a statement of charge or rate of charges by the day for lodging. No charge or sum shall be collected or received by any keeper for any service not actually rendered, or for any item not actually delivered or contracted for, or for any greater or other sum than the keeper is entitled to by the general rules and regulations of the hotel. For any intentional violation of this or any provision herein contained, the offender shall forfeit to the injured party three times the amount of the sum charged in excess of what the offender is entitled to. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 486K-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-8 Extension of stay provision.

  §486K-8 Extension of stay provision. Any guest who intentionally continues to occupy an assigned bedroom beyond the scheduled departure without the prior written approval of the keeper, shall be deemed a trespasser. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3] Case Notes  Permits hotel to remove hotel guest's personal belongings from hotel room and to change the room's doorlock so as to prevent hotel guest from re-entering the room without hotel's permission, upon the expiration of the license to occupy mutually agreed to by hotel guest and hotel. 10 H. App. 123, 861 P.2d 736.
HI Rev Stat § 486K-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-9 Valuation of property.

  §486K-9 Valuation of property. Whenever the value of property is to be determined under sections 486K-4 and 486K-5, the following shall apply:  (1) Value means the market value of the property.  (2) Whether or not they have been issued or delivered, certain written instruments, not including those having a readily ascertained market value, shall be evaluated as follows:  (A) The value of an instrument constituting an evidence of debt, such as a check, traveler's check, draft, or promissory note, shall be deemed the amount due or collectible thereon or thereby, that figure ordinarily being the face amount of the indebtedness less any portion thereof which has been satisfied;  (B) The value of any other instrument that creates, releases, discharges, or otherwise affects any valuable legal right, privilege, or obligation shall be deemed the greatest amount of economic loss which the owner of the instrument might reasonably suffer by virtue of the loss of the instrument.  (3) When property has value but that value cannot be ascertained pursuant to the standards set forth above, the value shall be deemed to be an amount not exceeding $50. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3]
HI Rev Stat § 486K-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486K. Hotels|486K-10 Registration required.

  §486K-10 Registration required. Every keeper covered by this chapter shall keep and maintain or cause to be maintained a register in which shall be inscribed the name of each and every guest renting or occupying a bedroom or apartment in such hotel. Such register shall be preserved for a period of not less than six months from the date of departure. [L 1978, c 234, pt of §3]
HI Rev Stat § 486M-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486M. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers|486M-1 Definitions.

  §486M-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  "Article" means any previously owned good or chattel, including, but not limited to, precious or semiprecious metals or precious or semiprecious gems.  "Automated recycling kiosk" means an interactive device that is installed within a secure retail space and performs the following technological functions:  (1) Only accepts for recycling previously owned handheld electronic cellular phone devices;  (2) Verifies a seller's identity through a combination of technology within the kiosk and remote examination of a government-issued identification by a live representative during each transaction;  (3) Securely stores devices accepted by the kiosk;  (4) Records images of the seller and the devices accepted during the transaction;  (5) Possesses computerized record-keeping and transmittal capabilities;  (6) Electronically transmits transaction records to law enforcement within twenty-four hours from when the device was received; and  (7) Can be remotely opened upon request by law enforcement during normal business hours.  "Dealer" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity who engages in a business which includes the buying of previously owned [articles,] and includes any pawnbroker or secondhand dealer.  "Government issued identification" means:  (1) A passport issued by the United States of America;  (2) A [driver's] license issued pursuant to any state or District of Columbia law;  (3) An identification card issued by any state or local government or the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or  (4) An identification card issued by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States of America.  "Pawnbroker" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity who advances for interest or for or in expectation of profit, gain, or reward any sum of money upon security of any goods or chattels taken by such person by way of pawn or pledge, and includes any person subject to part V of chapter 445.  "Precious or semiprecious gem" means any of the less common and more valuable stones and pearls, including but not limited to amethyst, diamond, emerald, jade, opal, ruby, sapphire, topaz, turquoise, and zircon, whether natural or synthetic, cut or polished.  "Precious or semiprecious metal" means any of the less common and more valuable metals, including but not limited to gold, silver, platinum, and alloys thereof, without regard to their fineness, but excludes bullion and bullion type coins and bars.  "Secondhand dealer" means any person who trades in secondhand or previously owned articles, including the operation of an automated recycling kiosk, and includes any person subject to part VII of chapter 445. [L 1982, c 282, pt of §2; am L 1991, c 120, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 79, §1; am L 2000, c 92, §1; am L 2021, c 79, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 486M-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486M. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers|486M-2 Record of transactions.

  §486M-2 Record of transactions. Every dealer, or the agent, employee, or representative of the dealer shall, immediately upon receipt of any article, record the following information, on a form authorized by the chief of police in each county:  (1) The name and address of the dealer;  (2) The name, residence address, date of birth, and the age of the person from whom the article was received;  (3) The date and time the article was received by the dealer;  (4) The signature of the person from whom the article was received;  (5) The Hawaii [driver's] license number, or if the person does not possess a Hawaii [driver's] license, the number of and description of any government issued identification which bears a photograph of the person from whom the article was received;  (6) A complete and accurate description of the article received, including all markings, names, initials, and inscriptions;  (7) A reasonable estimate of the fineness and weights of the precious and semiprecious metals and precious and semiprecious gems received; and  (8) The price paid by the dealer for each article.  Upon request and at the discretion of the chief of police of each county, copies of all completed forms required by this section shall be surrendered, mailed, or electronically inputted and transmitted via modem or by facsimile transmittal to the chief of police or to the chief of police's authorized representative. The method of submittal to the chief of police shall be at the option of the dealer. [L 1982, c 282, pt of §2; gen ch 1985; am L 1991, c 120, pt of §1; am L 1998, c 99, §2; am L 2000, c 92, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 486M-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486M. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers|486M-3 Transactions by minors prohibited.

  §486M-3 Transactions by minors prohibited. A dealer shall not receive or purchase any article from any person under the age of eighteen. [L 1982, c 282, pt of §2; am L 1991, c 120, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 486M-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486M. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers|486M-4 Minimum retention of items.

  §486M-4 Minimum retention of items. (a) No dealer, the dealer's agents, employees, or representatives shall alter, melt, deface, break apart, dispose of, or change the character or integrity of the precious or semiprecious metals or precious or semiprecious gems received or purchased for a period of fifteen calendar days in counties with a population of less than three hundred thousand and thirty calendar days in counties with a population of three hundred thousand or more after the purchase or possession by the dealer, whichever comes later. Every article received by the dealer, the dealer's agents, employees, or representatives shall be retained by the dealer in the county where received or purchased for a period of fifteen calendar days in counties with a population of less than three hundred thousand and thirty calendar days in counties with a population of three hundred thousand or more after the purchase or possession by the dealer, whichever comes later.  (b) At the discretion of the chief of police of each county, the holding period may be reduced to fifteen calendar days; provided that the dealer has computerized record-keeping and transmittal capabilities acceptable to the chief of police or the chief of police's authorized representative.  (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) to the contrary, a secondhand dealer operating an automated recycling kiosk shall retain previously owned consumer handheld electronic cellular phone devices for a total period of thirty calendar days from the date they were received or purchased; provided that the secondhand dealer operating an automated recycling kiosk may store the previously owned consumer handheld electronic cellular phone devices at a business location outside the county where the devices were received or purchased; provided further that, upon request by law enforcement within the thirty-day retention period, a secondhand dealer operating an automated recycling kiosk shall promptly return any requested devices no later than five business days from the date of the request at no cost to the requesting law enforcement agency. [L 1982, c 282, pt of §2; gen ch 1985; am L 1991, c 120, pt of §1; am L 1998, c 99, §3; am L 2021, c 79, §2]