Hawaii

in effect 2 checks relate to this framework

Rule summary last reviewed: 2026-08-03 Due again 2026-11-01.

Covers this jurisdiction's citation, effective date, scope and requirement summaries. The 2 checks below carry their own dates, the oldest of which is 2026-08-03. Nobody qualified to practise law has reviewed any of it — see about.

Statute: Haw. Rev. Stat. §481-9.5.
Official text: https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol11_Ch0476-0490/HRS0481/HRS_0481-0009_0005.htm
Effective: The source consulted states no calendar effective date, carrying only session-law history for 2011, 2015 and 2023. [medium confidence — flagged for counsel]
Applies to: Persons selling to a consumer under a consumer contract containing an automatic-renewal or continuous-service clause. Financial institutions, insurers, telecommunications providers and cable operators are described as excluded to the extent of their regulated activities.

Whether this framework reaches a monthly subscriptionThis framework is summarized as reaching contracts above a term threshold rather than every subscription, so an ordinary month-to-month plan may sit outside it. Only the checks that concern longer contracts relate to it here. The disclosure duty is described as attaching where a contract has a specified term of more than one month that renews for a term of more than one month, and the renewal-notice duty where the term is twelve months or more.

What it is summarized as requiring

Clear and conspicuous disclosure of the automatic-renewal clause for contracts above that threshold.
For contracts of twelve months or more, notice that the contract will renew, how to cancel, and the deadline for responding.
Affirmative consent to the agreement containing the offer terms before a card or third-party payment account is charged.
A retainable acknowledgment of the offer terms, cancellation policy and cancellation procedure.

What no outside scan can observe here

The renewal notice and the retainable acknowledgment, both of which reach a consumer after signup.

Checks that relate to this framework

Manual verification only

These relate to this framework but sit outside anything an outside scan can reach. They appear in every report as manual checks and are never counted as findings.

Check	Severity	Detected by
Not observable from outside the signup flow. A post-transaction acknowledgment is summarized as needing to include the renewal terms and cancellation instructions in a form the consumer can retain. `ARL-POST-TRANSACTION-ACK` Rule summary last reviewed: 2026-08-03 Due again 2026-11-01. Drafted from 6 sources: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/…/codes_displayText.xhtml · data.capitol.hawaii.gov/…/HRS_0481-0009_0005.htm · www.revisor.mn.gov/…/325G.57 · ndlegis.gov/…/t51c37.pdf · www.nysenate.gov/…/527-A · law.lis.virginia.gov/…/section59.1-207.46	Manual check outside flow	manual verification only No signal can reach this. It is listed in every report and never counted as a finding.
Not observable from a checkout flow. These frameworks are summarized as requiring notice ahead of a renewal in defined circumstances — in Virginia, where a renewal term runs longer than 30 days and extends the contract beyond 12 months. `ARL-RENEWAL-NOTICE` Rule summary last reviewed: 2026-08-03 Due again 2026-11-01. Drafted from 10 sources: www.cga.ct.gov/…/chap_742d.htm · code.dccouncil.gov/…/2 · delcode.delaware.gov/…/index.html · data.capitol.hawaii.gov/…/HRS_0481-0009_0005.htm · www.ilga.gov/…/Articles · www.mass.gov/…/940-CMR-3800-unfair-and-dece · ndlegis.gov/…/t51c37.pdf · www.nysenate.gov/…/527-A · law.lis.virginia.gov/…/section59.1-207.46 · legislature.vermont.gov/…/02454a	Manual check outside flow	manual verification only No signal can reach this. It is listed in every report and never counted as a finding.

Other frameworks these checks relate to

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