HRS §200-27

Police must send boating accident and vessel theft reports

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This section requires the head of law enforcement and each county's police chief to send copies of certain investigation reports to the state department. The reports must be about boating accidents or the theft, loss, or recovery of registered vessels. This is for enforcement purposes.

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The statute, as written — Police reports

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.

For the purpose of enforcement, it shall be incumbent upon the director of law enforcement and the police chief of each county to transmit to the department a copy of every investigation report submitted by the director of law enforcement and the police chief's subordinate officers which relate to boating accidents or the theft, loss, or recovery of vessels required to be registered and numbered pursuant to section 200-31.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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