HRS §476-27
Penalty for hiding or damaging goods after a sale
If a buyer, after a sale, deliberately damages, hides, or moves goods off the island to cheat the seller, or sells them as if fully owned, they can be fined or jailed. The penalty is up to $500 fine, up to one year in prison, or both.
buyers
The statute, as written — Fraudulent injury, concealment, removal, or sale; penalty
When, in violation of the terms of the contract the buyer, maliciously or with intent to defraud, injures, destroys, or conceals the goods, or, without the consent of the seller, maliciously or with intent to defraud, removes the goods from the island in which the goods were first kept for use by the buyer after the sale, or to which with the consent of the seller the goods have been removed, or sells, mortgages, or otherwise disposes of the goods under claim of full ownership, the buyer shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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