HRS §489D-13
Money transmitter's liability is limited to the amount involved
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that a licensed money transmitter is only responsible for the amount of money they were supposed to send or the face value of the payment instrument. They are not responsible for more than that amount.
The statute, as written — Licensee liability
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.
A licensee's responsibility to any person for a money transmission conducted on that person's behalf by the licensee or the licensee's authorized delegate shall be limited to the amount of money transmitted, the face amount, or the purchase amount of the payment instrument.
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