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HRS §266-24.2

Unauthorized control of property in state custody

This law makes it illegal to interfere with a boat or other property that the state transportation department has legally taken into custody. You cannot try to defeat the seizure or block the legal process. It is a narrow rule about respecting state custody.

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The statute, as written — Vessels or property taken into legal custody; unauthorized control

No person shall exercise control over a vessel or other property that is under legal custody, seizure, or detention by the department of transportation, with intent to defeat the custody, seizure, or detention, or impede, oppose, or defeat the process whereby the vessel or other property is under custody, seizure, or detention.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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