HRS §327-17

Faking a donation document for money is a crime

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This law makes it a serious crime to change or hide a document about donating your body parts, or a refusal to donate, if you do it to make money. The punishment can be a big fine, jail time, or both.

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The statute, as written — Penalty

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 that, to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal to make an anatomical gift commits a class C felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both.

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

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