Bill Text: HI SB2921 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Escrow Depositories; Real Property
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-23 - (S) Act 049, 4/23/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 511). [SB2921 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2921-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to escrow depositories.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 449-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§449-5 License required to act as
escrow depository. (a) No person shall act as an escrow depository
in this State unless [it is a corporation] licensed to do so by the
commissioner.
[No person subject to the provisions of this
chapter not licensed or exempted under this chapter shall transact any business
under any name, title or descriptive term which contains the words
"escrow", "escrow depository" or any other word or phrase
having the same or similar meaning.]
(b) No person shall act from an out-of-state location as an escrow depository as to property located in this State without obtaining a license from the commissioner. A violation of this section shall be deemed an unlawful and deceptive trade practice."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.
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Report Title:
Escrow Depositories; Real Property
Description:
Requires any person operating as an escrow depository as to property located within this State to be licensed by the commissioner of financial institutions.
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