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HRS §279L-5

What car-sharing programs must tell owners and drivers

Before a car-sharing agreement is signed, the program must give the car owner and driver the full terms and all costs, including insurance fees. It must also provide a 24-hour roadside assistance number and disclose certain insurance and legal rights. The owner and driver must separately acknowledge these disclosures.

The statute, as written — Required disclosures and notices

For each shared car participating in a car-sharing program agreement, a peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall: (1) Provide, prior to the execution of a car-sharing program agreement, the shared car owner and shared car driver with the terms and conditions of the car-sharing program agreement; (2) Disclose to the shared car driver, prior to the execution of a car-sharing program agreement, all costs or fees that are charged to the shared car driver under the car-sharing program agreement, including all costs or fees for mandatory insurance coverage charged by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program; (3) Disclose to the shared car owner, prior to the execution of a car-sharing program agreement, all costs or fees that are charged to the shared car owner under the car-sharing program agreement, including fees or costs for mandatory insurance coverage charged by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program; (4) Provide a twenty-four hour emergency telephone number for a person capable of facilitating roadside assistance for the shared car driver; (5) Disclose any right of the peer-to-peer car-sharing program to seek indemnification from the shared car owner or shared car driver for economic loss sustained by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program caused by a breach of the car-sharing program agreement; provided that the peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall require the shared car owner and shared car driver to specifically and separately acknowledge notice of the disclosure prior to execution of a car-sharing program agreement; (6) Disclose that a motor vehicle insurance policy issued to the shared car owner for the shared car or to the shared car driver may not provide a defense or indemnification for any claim asserted by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program; provided that the peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall require the shared car owner and shared car driver to specifically and separately acknowledge notice of the disclosure prior to execution of a car-sharing program agreement; (7) Disclose that the peer-to-peer car-sharing program's insurance coverage on the shared car owner and shared car driver is in effect only during each car-sharing period and that the shared car may not have insurance coverage for use of the shared car by the shared car driver after the car-sharing termination time; provided that the peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall require the shared car owner and shared car driver to specifically and separately acknowledge notice of the disclosure prior to the execution of a car-sharing program agreement; (8) Disclose any insurance or protection package costs that are charged to the shared car owner or shared car driver; provided that the peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall require the shared car owner and shared car driver to specifically and separately acknowledge notice of the disclosure prior to the execution of a car-sharing program agreement; (9) Disclose to the shared car driver any conditions in which the shared car driver is required to maintain a motor vehicle insurance policy as the primary coverage for the shared car; and (10) Disclose that a shared car owner shall be permitted to obtain insurance that provides coverage for loss of use of a shared car.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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