HRS §183-17
Rules against damaging trees in state forest reserves
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section makes it illegal to cut, damage, or remove trees or tree products on state-owned forest reserve land unless you have legal permission from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. It protects young trees and all tree growth on those lands.
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The statute, as written — Timber trespass in forest reserves
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.
The cutting, killing, destroying, girdling, chopping, injuring, or otherwise damaging, or the removal of any timber, young tree growth, or products of tree growth on lands in the forest reserves belonging to the State, except as authorized by law or by permission from the department of land and natural resources, is prohibited.
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