HRS §520A-6
No new duties or liability for invasive species control
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says the law does not create new safety duties or make people liable for injuries. It also does not remove any existing duty to be careful when using someone else's land to control invasive species.
landowners
The statute, as written — Persons using land
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.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to: (1) Create a duty of care or ground for liability for injury to persons or property; or (2) Relieve any person using the land of another for control or eradication of invasive species from any obligation which the person may have in the absence of this chapter to exercise care in the person's use of such land and in the person's activities thereon, or from the legal consequences of failure to employ such care.
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