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HRS §520A-6

No new duties or liability for invasive species control

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

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

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