HRS §125-7
Fake documents or lying to the governor is a crime
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section makes it a crime to lie or hide important facts in required documents, or to trick the governor's office, or to break the rules. If you do, you can be fined or jailed. It applies to anyone who must file these papers.
everyone
The statute, as written — Fraud, misdemeanor
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Any person required by the governor or the governor's authorized representative, pursuant to section 125-6, to make, keep, or file any application, schedule, record, report, or statement, whether or not under oath, who intentionally makes, files, or keeps a false or fraudulent application, schedule, record, report, or statement or intentionally conceals therein any material fact, and any person who in any other manner intentionally deceives or attempts to deceive the governor or the governor's authorized representative with respect to any fact to be used in administering this chapter, and any person who fails to observe and comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. [L Sp 1949, c 21, §7; RL 1955, §357-7; HRS §125-7; am L 1974, c 5, §3; gen ch 1985]
Sections this one refers to
§125-6 Governor's power to investigate and gather information
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