§446-2  Debt adjusting prohibited; penalty; contracts void.  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. [L 1967, c 3, §3; HRS §446-2; gen ch 1985]

Cross References

  Classification of offense and authorized punishment, see §§701-107, 706-640, and 706-663.