2014 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 26. TRADE REGULATION AND PRACTICE
481M. Lease-Purchase Agreements for Personal Property
481M-17 Renegotiation for new agreement and extensions.
§481M-17 Renegotiation for new agreement and extensions. (a) A renegotiation shall occur when an existing lease-purchase agreement is satisfied and replaced by a new agreement undertaken by the same lessor and lessee. A renegotiation shall be considered a new agreement requiring new disclosures.
(b) The following events shall not be treated as renegotiations:
(1) The addition or return of property in a multiple-item agreement or in the substitution of the leased property, if in either case the average payment allocable to a payment period is not changed by more than twenty-five per cent;
(2) A deferral or extension of one or more periodic payments, or portions of a periodic payment;
(3) A reduction in charges in the lease or agreement; or
(4) A lease or agreement involved in a court proceeding.
(c) No disclosures are required for any extension of a lease-purchase agreement. [L 1997, c 248, pt of §1; am L 2008, c 19, §36]
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Hawaii may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
