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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 487-2 (2026)

  Office of consumer protection; director

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     §487-2  Office of consumer protection; director.  There is created within the department of commerce and consumer affairs an office of consumer protection.  The director of commerce and consumer affairs shall be the director of the office of consumer protection and may appoint an executive director of the office of consumer protection.  The executive director shall have been admitted to practice law before the supreme court of this State and shall be exempt from chapter 76. [L 1969, c 175, §2; am L 1980, c 302, pt of §2; am L 1982, c 204, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 1988, c 60, §3; am L 2000, c 253, §150]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2021 · leading case: State ex rel. Off. of Consum. Prot. v. Honolulu Univ. of Arts, Sciences & Humanities, 135 P.3d 113 (Haw. 2006).
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State ex rel. Off. of Consum. Prot. v. Honolulu Univ. of Arts, Sciences & Humanities, 135 P.3d 113 (Haw. 2006). “Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 487-2 (1993). The director of the OCP is designated the consumer counsel for the State "and shall represent and protect the State, the respective counties, and the general public as consumers.”
State of Hawaii v. Stone (D. Haw. 2019). · cites it 2× “As a result, Counterclaim One is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE for failure to state a claim against OCP. Moreover, leave to amend would not be appropriate because no amendment will change the settled nature of the law in this regard.”
Abing v. Evers (D. Haw. 2021). · cites it 2× “See HRS § 487-2 (OCP’s enabling statute); see also Stone I, 2019 WL 5058910 , at *6 (treating OCP as an “arm of the State of Hawai‘i”); Stone, 2021 WL 67314 (D.”
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