HRS §431:20-124
Extra penalty for paying illegal commissions or rebates
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if a title insurer, controlled escrow company, or underwritten title company pays a commission or gives an unlawful rebate that breaks the rules in this article, they must pay the state five times that amount. The commissioner collects this money for the state, and it is on top of any other penalties.
The statute, as written — Additional penalty
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Every title insurer, controlled escrow company, and underwritten title company who pays any commission or who makes any unlawful rebate in violation of this article shall be liable to this State for five times the amount of any such commission or unlawful rebate, the amount thereof to be recovered by the commissioner as a general realization of this State, in addition to any other penalty imposed by law.
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