{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-446-2","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 446-2","heading":"Debt adjusting prohibited; penalty; contracts void.","body":"Any person who acts or offers to act as a debt adjuster in this State shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Any contract for debt adjusting entered into with a person engaged in the business for a profit shall be void and unenforceable and the debtor may recover from the debt adjuster all sums or things deposited with the debt adjuster and not disbursed to the debtor's creditors.","path":["HI Code","Division 2","Title 25","Chapter 446"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol10_Ch0436-0474/HRS0446/HRS_0446-0002.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"fb40cb3f75947660dba10dfadd8bcbaa687df897820cb756be044d62b1bf5960","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-446-1","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-446-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}