HAR §18-237D-4-11. Fine for failure to display

(a) A person required under section 237D-4(b), HRS, to conspicuously display a certificate of registration issued under section 237D-4, HRS, as well as the name, phone number, and electronic mail address of a local contact but who fails to display one or more of those required items shall be in violation of section 237D-4(b), HRS, and shall be fined as follows: (1) For a first violation, a fine of $500 per day per transient accommodation in violation; (2) For a second violation, a fine of $1,000 per day per transient accommodation in violation, excluding days for which a fine was issued for a first violation; (3) For third and subsequent violations, a fine of $5,000 per day per transient accommodation in violation, excluding days for which a fine was issued for first or second violations; provided that the department may issue a fine of greater than $5,000 per day, but must provide a written explanation of why the fine amount is greater on the citation. (b) Only one citation under subsection (a) may be issued to the person in any thirty day period for any failure to display per transient accommodation. The same person may be issued additional citations under subsection (a) during the thirty day period for any failure to display in other transient accommodations the person operates. Following the expiration of the thirty day period, a citation may be issued for failure to display in connection with the same transient accommodation if it continues to be in violation. Citations issued for second violations shall not include fines for days of violation for which a fine was issued in the citation for first violation for the same transient accommodation. Citations issued for third violations shall not include fines for days of violation for which fines were issued in the citations for the first and second violations for the same transient accommodation. Example 1. ABC, Inc. owns all one hundred units of a condominium building which it furnishes as a transient accommodation. ABC, Inc. conspicuously displays at the building’s front desk its certificate of registration as a transient accommodations operator as well as the required local contact information. ABC, Inc. is in compliance with section 18-237D-4-11 because it has conspicuously displayed the local contact information in the same place as the registration or notice stating where the registration may be inspected. (c) A person required under section 237D-4(c), HRS, to conspicuously provide in any advertisement a registration identification number issued under section 237D-4, HRS, as well as conspicuously provide the name, phone number, and electronic mail address of a local contact, or provide such local contact information upon the furnishing of the transient accommodation, but who fails to provide one or more of these required items shall be in violation of section 237D-4(d), HRS, and shall be fined as follows: (1) For a first violation, a fine of $500 per day in violation, including the fifteen days for which the person received a written warning under section 18-237D-4-12 for the same transient accommodation if the person is cited for the first violation upon the person’s failure to cure the violation during the fifteen-day period; (2) For a second violation, a fine of $1,000 per day in violation, excluding days for which a fine was issued for a first violation for the same transient accommodation; and (3) For third and subsequent violations, a fine of $5,000 per day in violation, excluding days for which a fine was issued for first and second violations for the same transient accommodation; provided that the department may issue a fine of greater than $5,000 per day, but must provide a written explanation of why the fine amount is greater on the citation. (d) Only one citation under subsection (c) may be issued to the person in any thirty day period for any failure to display per transient accommodation. The same person may be issued additional citations under subsection (c) during the thirty day period for any failure to display related to other transient accommodations. Following the expiration of the thirty day period, a citation may be issued for failure to display in connection with the same transient accommodation or for any other transient accommodation. Citations issued for second violations shall not include fines for days of violation for which a fine was issued in the citation for first violation for the same transient accommodation. Citations issued for third violations shall not include fines for days of violation for which fines were issued in the citations for first and second violations for the same transient accommodation. Similarly, all citations issued for HRS §237D-4 §18-237D-4-12 TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX 237D- 18 (Unofficial Compilation as of 12/31/2025) subsequent violations shall not include fines for days of violation for which fines were issued in prior citations for the same transient accommodation. [Eff 2/3/19] (Auth: HRS §§231-3(9), 237D-16(b)) (Imp: HRS §237D-4)