HRS §490:2A-106
Consumer lease: limits on choosing law and court
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section limits what law and court you can agree to in a consumer lease. If the lease says another state's law applies, that choice only works if you live there or use the goods there. If it names a court that couldn't normally hear your case, that choice is not valid.
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The statute, as written — Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum
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) If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction in which the lessee resides at the time the lease agreement becomes enforceable or within thirty days thereafter or in which the goods are to be used, the choice is not enforceable. (b) If the judicial forum chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is a forum that would not otherwise have jurisdiction over the lessee, the choice is not enforceable.
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