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HRS §184-5.1

What happens when a parks officer arrests someone

When a state parks enforcement officer arrests someone for breaking park or outdoor recreation laws, the officer must get the person's information and give them a ticket. The ticket tells them to appear in court within seven days, unless the law allows an immediate court appearance.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Arrest

Except when authorized by law to immediately take a person arrested for violation of the state parks, historical objects and sites, and outdoor recreation laws and regulations; traffic laws and ordinances; and the laws of the State and the rules and regulations of the department relative to the protection and proper utilization of the recreational, scenic, historical, natural and archaeological, scientific and related resources of state and private lands before a magistrate, any state parks enforcement officer upon arresting any person for violation of the state parks, historical objects and sites, and outdoor recreation laws and regulations; traffic laws and ordinances; and laws of the State and the rules and regulations of the department relative to the protection and proper utilization of the recreational, scenic, historical, natural and archaeological, scientific and related resources of state and private lands shall take the name, address, social security number and other pertinent information of the person and shall issue to the person a summons and citation, printed in the form hereinafter described, mandating warning the person to appear and answer to the charge against the person at a certain place and at a time within seven days after the arrest.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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