HRS §480-17
When company leaders can be personally blamed for breaking the law
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a corporation or limited liability company breaks a penal law in this chapter, the people who approved, ordered, or did the illegal acts are also treated as having broken the law themselves. This applies to directors, officers, agents, members, and managers.
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The statute, as written — Individual liability for corporate or company act
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.
(a) Whenever a corporation violates any of the penal provisions of this chapter, the violation shall be deemed to be also that of the individual directors, officers, or agents of the corporation who have authorized, ordered, or done any of the acts constituting in whole or in part the violation. (b) Whenever a limited liability company violates any of the penal provisions of this chapter, the violation shall be deemed to be also that of the individual members, managers, or agents of the limited liability company who have authorized, ordered, or done any of the acts constituting in whole or in part the violation.
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