HRS §269-71
Meter tampering
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law makes it illegal to tamper with utility meters or equipment to get unmetered service. If you do, you must pay the utility three times the value of the service you used, plus damages. Other penalties may also apply.
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The statute, as written — Meter tampering
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.
Any person who, without permission or authorization from a utility tampers with, damages, destroys, removes, connects, causes to connect, disconnects, or causes to be disconnected or bypassed any wire, cable, conductor, gas pipe, billing or collection equipment, or device on any meter, line, conduit, property, or facilities of a utility for the purpose of using unmetered services, in addition to any other penalty authorized by law, shall be liable to the utility for treble the amount of the value of the utility services used and the damages or loss of any equipment, property, or facilities of a utility.
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