HRS §577-18
Parents allowing children on the street late at night
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law says a parent or guardian cannot let a child under 16 stay on a public street, highway, or public place between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. without an adult the parent has allowed. This only applies unless there is a real emergency. Breaking this rule can lead to a fine or jail time.
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The statute, as written — Parents allowing children in street, prohibited when; 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 parent or guardian having the care, custody, and control of a child under sixteen years of age, who, except in case of necessity, knowingly, and voluntarily suffers or permits such child to go or remain on any public street, highway or public place after ten o'clock in the evening and before four o'clock in the morning, unaccompanied by an adult person thereto authorized by such parent or guardian, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than twenty days.
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