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HRS §142-96

Frightening animals and the fines for it

This law makes it a crime to scare or anger a horse or other animal in a way that puts people, their property, or the animal itself in danger. The fine depends on whether a person's safety is immediately threatened. If it is, the fine is higher; if not, the fine is lower.

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The statute, as written — Frightening animals; penalty

Whoever frightens, exasperates, or animates a horse or other animal, and thereby endangers the personal safety or the personal property of any person, or the animal itself, being that of another, shall, in case the personal safety of any person is thereby imminently endangered, be fined not less than $5 nor more than $500; or in case the personal safety of any person is not so endangered, be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100. [PC 1869, c 26, §4; RL 1925, §4393; RL 1935, §6285; RL 1945, §11704; RL 1955, §311-4; HRS §142-96]
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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