HRS §135-3
Protection for property owners when police use their land
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If police send vehicles, walkers, or bikers onto your property during an emergency or accident, you and your successors are not legally responsible for accidental harm or damage caused by that use. This protection only applies when police direct traffic onto your land as allowed by law.
landowners
The statute, as written — Owner's immunities
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.
In the event the chief of police diverts vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, or a combination thereof, onto an owner's real property during an emergency or traffic accident, the owner, together with the owner's successors in interest, if any, shall not be civilly liable for negligently causing the death of, or injury to, any person or damage to any personal property, in connection with the use of the real property for the purposes as provided in section 135-2.
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