HRS §245-54
When the state can take illegal cigarettes
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section lets the attorney general and county police take cigarettes that were brought, kept, or sold illegally. It does not say what happens after the seizure or list any penalties.
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The statute, as written — Confiscation and seizure of illegal export or foreign cigarettes
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 attorney general and the police departments of each of the counties may seize and confiscate any cigarette, package of cigarettes, or carton of cigarettes that is possessed, kept, stored, retained, held, owned, received, transported, imported, or caused to be imported, acquired, distributed, sold, or offered for sale in violation of this part.
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