HRS §142-96
Frightening animals and the fines for it
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗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
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.
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]
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