Hawaii Revised Statutes 710. Offenses Against Public Administration

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFENSES
AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

• 710-1000 Definitions of Terms in This Chapter.
  In this chapter, unless a different meaning plainly is required: "Administrative proceeding" means any proceeding the outcome of which is required to be based...
• 710-1001 Forfeiture of Property Used As Benefit or Pecuniary Benefit in the Commission of an Offense Defined in This Chapter.
  Any property offered, conferred, agreed to be conferred, or accepted as a benefit, pecuniary benefit, or compensation in the commission of an offense defined...

PART II. OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

• 710-1010 Obstructing Government Operations.
  (1) A person commits the offense of obstructing government operations if, by using or threatening to use violence, force, or physical interference or obstacle,...
• 710-1010.5 Interference With Reporting an Emergency or Crime.
  (1) A person commits the offense of interference with reporting an emergency or crime if the person intentionally or knowingly prevents a victim or...
• 710-1011 Refusing to Aid a Law Enforcement Officer.
  (1) A person commits the offense of refusing to aid a law enforcement officer when, upon a reasonable command by a person known to...
• 710-1012 Refusing to Assist in Fire Control.
  (1) A person commits the offense of refusing to assist in fire control when: (a) Upon a reasonable command by a person known to...
• 710-1013 Compounding.
  (1) A person commits the offense of compounding if the person intentionally accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as consideration for: (a)...
• 710-1014 Rendering a False Alarm.
  (1) A person commits the offense of rendering a false alarm if the person knowingly causes a false alarm of fire or other emergency...
• 710-1014.5 Misuse of 911 Emergency Telephone Service.
  (1) A person commits the offense of misuse of 911 emergency telephone service if the person accesses the telephone number 911 and: (a) Knowingly...
• 710-1015 False Reporting to Law-Enforcement Authorities.
  (1) A person commits the offense of false reporting to law-enforcement authorities if the person intentionally makes a report or causes the transmission of...
• 710-1016 Impersonating a Public Servant.
  (1) A person commits the offense of impersonating a public servant if the person pretends to be a public servant other than a law...
• 710-1016.3 Obtaining a Government-Issued Identification Document Under False Pretenses in the First Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of obtaining a government-issued identification document under false pretenses in the first degree if that person, with intent...
• 710-1016.4 Obtaining a Government-Issued Identification Document Under False Pretenses in the Second Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of obtaining a government-issued identification document under false pretenses in the second degree if that person, with intent...
• 710-1016.5 Repealed.
  L 1987, c 130, §2.
• 710-1016.6 Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer in the First Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of impersonating a law enforcement officer in the first degree if, with intent to deceive, the person pretends...
• 710-1016.7 Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer in the Second Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of impersonating a law enforcement officer in the second degree if, with intent to deceive, the person pretends...
• 710-1016.8 Presumptions.
  Any person other than a law enforcement officer, who wears the uniform or displays the badge or identification card of a law enforcement officer,...
• 710-1016.9 Defense.
  (1) Employment by the State or a subdivision thereof or by the United States as a law enforcement officer at the time of the...
• 710-1017 Tampering With a Government Record.
  (1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a government record if: (a) The person, acting knowingly, falsely makes a purported government record,...
• 710-1017.5 Sale or Manufacture of Deceptive Identification Document; Penalties.
  (1) A person commits the offense of sale or manufacture of deceptive identification document if the person intentionally or knowingly manufactures, sells, offers for...
• 710-1018 Securing the Proceeds of an Offense.
  (1) A person commits the offense of securing the proceeds of an offense if, with intent to assist another in profiting or benefiting from...
• 710-1019 Destroying or Defacing Official Notices; Penalty.
  (1) Any person who intentionally or knowingly removes, destroys or defaces any notice posted in compliance with any statute, rule, order of court, or...

PART III. ESCAPE AND OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO CUSTODY

• 710-1020 Escape in the First Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of escape in the first degree if the person intentionally employs physical force, the threat of physical force,...
• 710-1021 Escape in the Second Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of escape in the second degree if the person intentionally escapes from a correctional or detention facility or...
• 710-1022 Promoting Prison Contraband in the First Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of promoting prison contraband in the first degree if: (a) The person intentionally conveys a dangerous instrument or...
• 710-1023 Promoting Prison Contraband in the Second Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of promoting prison contraband in the second degree if: (a) The person intentionally conveys known contraband to any...
• 710-1024 Bail Jumping in the First Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of bail jumping in the first degree if, having been released from custody by court order with or...
• 710-1025 Bail Jumping in the Second Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of bail jumping in the second degree if, having been released from custody by court order with or...
• 710-1026 Resisting Arrest.
  (1) A person commits the offense of resisting arrest if the person intentionally prevents a law enforcement officer acting under color of the law...
• 710-1027 Resisting an Order to Stop a Motor Vehicle.
  (1) A person commits the offense of resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle if the person intentionally fails to obey a direction...
• 710-1028 Hindering Prosecution; Definition of Rendering Assistance.
  For the purposes of sections [710-1029 and 710-1030], a person renders assistance to another if he: (1) Harbors or conceals such person; (2) Warns...
• 710-1029 Hindering Prosecution in the First Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of hindering prosecution in the first degree if, with the intent to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or...
• 710-1030 Hindering Prosecution in the Second Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of hindering prosecution in the second degree if, with the intent to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or...
• 710-1031 Intimidating a Correctional Worker.
  (1) A person commits the offense of intimidation of a correctional worker if the person uses force upon or a threat of force directed...

PART IV. BRIBERY

• 710-1040 Bribery.
  (1) A person commits the offense of bribery if: (a) The person confers, or offers or agrees to confer, directly or indirectly, any pecuniary...

PART V. PERJURY AND RELATED OFFENSES

• 710-1060 Perjury.
  (1) A person commits the offense of perjury if in any official proceeding the person makes, under an oath required or authorized by law,...
• 710-1061 False Swearing in Official Matters.
  (1) A person commits the offense of false swearing in official matters if the person makes, under an oath required or authorized by law,...
• 710-1062 False Swearing.
  (1) A person commits the offense of false swearing if the person makes, under oath required or authorized by law, a false statement which...
• 710-1063 Unsworn Falsification to Authorities.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities if, with an intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of...
• 710-1064 Retraction.
  (1) It is a defense to a prosecution under this part that the defendant retracted the defendant's falsification: (a) If the falsification was made...
• 710-1065 Inconsistent Statements.
  (1) Where a person has made inconsistent statements, each of which if made with the requisite state of mind and under the requisite circumstances...
• 710-1066 No Prosecution Based on Previous Denial of Guilt.
  No prosecution shall be brought: (1) Under this part, if the substance of the defendant's false statement is the defendant's denial of guilt of...
• 710-1067 Corroboration.
  In any prosecution under this part, except a prosecution based upon inconsistent statements pursuant to section 710-1065, falsity of a statement may not be...
• 710-1068 Irregularities No Defense.
  It is not a defense to a prosecution under this part: (1) That the defendant was not competent, for reasons other than lack of...
• 710-1069 Misrepresenting a Notarized Document in the First Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of misrepresenting a notarized document in the first degree if the person submits or invites reliance on a...
• 710-1069.5 Misrepresenting a Notarized Document in the Second Degree.
  (1) A person commits the offense of misrepresenting a notarized document in the second degree if, with intent to mislead another, the person submits...

PART VI. OFFENSES RELATED TO JUDICIAL AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS

• 710-1070 Bribery of or by a Witness.
  (1) A person commits the offense of bribing a witness if he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, directly or indirectly, any benefit...
• 710-1071 Intimidating a Witness.
  (1) A person commits the offense of intimidating a witness if he uses force upon or a threat directed to a witness or a...
• 710-1072 Tampering With a Witness.
  (1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a witness if he intentionally engages in conduct to induce a witness or a person...
• 710-1072.2 Retaliating Against a Witness.
  (1) A person commits the offense of retaliating against a witness if the person uses force upon or threatens a witness or another person...
• 710-1072.5 Obstruction of Justice.
  (1) A person commits the offense of obstruction of justice if the person intentionally engages in the following conduct: When called as a witness...
• 710-1073 Bribery of or by a Juror.
  (1) A person commits the offense of bribing a juror if the person confers, or offers or agrees to confer, directly or indirectly, any...
• 710-1074 Intimidating a Juror.
  (1) A person commits the offense of intimidating a juror if the person uses force or a threat with intent to influence a juror's...
• 710-1075 Jury Tampering.
  (1) A person commits the offense of jury tampering if, with intent to influence a juror's vote, opinion, decision, or other action in a...
• 710-1075.5 Retaliating Against a Juror.
  (1) A person commits the offense of retaliating against a juror if the person uses force upon or threatens a juror or another person...
• 710-1076 Tampering With Physical Evidence.
  (1) A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or about to be instituted,...
• 710-1077 Criminal Contempt of Court.
  (1) A person commits the offense of criminal contempt of court if: (a) The person recklessly engages in disorderly or contemptuous behavior, committed during...
• 710-1078 Disrespect of a House of the Legislature.
  (1) A person who is not a member of either house of the legislature commits the offense of disrespect of a house of the legislature...

Last modified: October 27, 2016