{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-489j-2","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 489J-2","heading":"[ §489J-2] Unauthorized restaurant reservations; prohibited.","body":"[ §489J-2] Unauthorized restaurant reservations; prohibited. (a) No third-party restaurant reservation service shall advertise, list, promote, facilitate, enable, or sell reservations for a restaurant through the third-party restaurant reservation service's website, mobile application, or other digital platform unless the restaurant, or a contractual designee of the restaurant expressly authorized by the restaurant to distribute reservations to a third party, agrees in writing for the third-party restaurant reservation service to advertise, list, promote, facilitate, enable, or sell reservations for that restaurant.\n\n(b) Any person who is charged a fee or price by or through a third-party restaurant reservation service for a reservation that is advertised, listed, promoted, facilitated, enabled, or sold in violation of this section; any restaurant for which a third-party restaurant reservation service has advertised, listed, promoted, facilitated, enabled, or sold a reservation in violation of this section; or any restaurant's contractual designee who obtained reservation distribution rights directly from the restaurant, with respect to a reservation advertised, listed, promoted, facilitated, enabled, or sold in violation of this section, may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for the following:\n\n(1) Injunctive relief to restrain or enjoin any activity in violation of this section;\n\n(2) Actual damages; provided that the actual damages shall not exceed the total fees collected by the third-party restaurant reservation service for the subject violation; and\n\n(3) Attorneys' fees and costs and any other remedies that the court deems appropriate.\n\n(c) Any action alleging a violation of this section shall be brought within one year of the occurrence of the acts alleged to have violated this section.\n\n(d) For the purposes of this section:\n\n\"Restaurant\" means a food establishment in which food is provided free of charge or sold to consumers for consumption on or off the premises. \"Restaurant\" includes dine-in establishments, pushcarts, food stands, and vehicles.\n\n\"Third-party restaurant reservation service\" means any website, mobile application, or other digital platform that:\n\n(1) Offers or arranges for reserving on-premises service for a customer at a restaurant; and\n\n(2) Is owned and operated by an entity other than the entity that owns the applicable restaurant.","path":["HI Code","Division 2","Title 26","Chapter 489J"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol11_Ch0476-0490/HRS0489J/HRS_0489J-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":"4774f3686ebe5f415a3a89edd0ed060882d5d0463c49c2a804d5750b639881ae","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-489j-1","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-489m-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}