(a) A charitable organization, professional solicitor, or professional fundraising counsel that is required to be registered under this chapter and that either has its principal place of business outside of the State or is organized under the laws of another state, and who does not have a registered agent with the department of commerce and consumer affairs, is considered to have irrevocably appointed the department of the attorney general as its agent for the service of a summons, subpoena, or other process directed to the charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, or professional solicitor, or to a director, officer, partner, or principal of the charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, or professional solicitor in an investigation, action, or other proceeding brought under this chapter, or for purpose of service of a subpoena under section 467B-9.3.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-16

  • Charitable organization: means :

    (1) Any person determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be a tax exempt organization pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; or

    (2) Any person who is or holds itself out to be established for any benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, scientific, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy, public health, environmental conservation, civic, or other eleemosynary purpose, or any person who in any manner employs a charitable appeal as the basis of any solicitation or an appeal that has a tendency to suggest there is a charitable purpose to the solicitation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-1

  • Department: means the department of the attorney general. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-1
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, association, partnership, trust, foundation, and any other entity, however styled. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-1
  • professional fundraising counsel: means any person who, for compensation, plans, conducts, manages, advises, consults, or prepares material for, or with respect to, the solicitation of contributions in this State for a charitable organization, but who actually solicits no contributions as a part of the person's services, and who does not employ, procure, or engage any compensated person to solicit contributions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-1
  • Professional solicitor: means any person who, for a financial or other consideration, solicits contributions in this State for a charitable organization, or any person with whom the professional solicitor independently contracts to solicit for contributions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467B-1
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
(b) Service under subsection (a) is complete if the department immediately sends notice of the service and a copy of the process to the charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, or professional solicitor, or to a director, officer, partner, or principal of the charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, professional solicitor, or other person to whom it is directed, by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the last address known to the department of the charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, professional solicitor, or other person to whom it is directed.
(c) A charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, or professional solicitor that is required to be registered under this chapter and that has its principal place of business within this State, and does not have a registered agent with the department of commerce and consumer affairs, may be served with a subpoena, summons, or other court process by personal service within this State. If personal service within this State cannot be made, substituted service may be made by any of the following methods:

(1) Mailing by registered or certified mail to the last-known place of business, residence, or abode within or without this State of the person for whom the subpoena is intended;
(2) For any person other than a natural person, in the manner provided for service of summons in an action or suit; or
(3) Service as directed by a court in lieu of personal service within this State.
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