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HRS §577-20

Police help removing school children from public places

This section says that if a business owner listed in another law can't get school children to leave, they can call the police. The police must first tell the children to go home. If they don't, the police can arrest them, following juvenile court rules.

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The statute, as written — Arrest, when in such places

If any keeper of any of the public places enumerated in section 577-19 finds difficulty in clearing the keeper's premises of school children, the keeper may call in the assistance of the police, who shall first order all such school children to return to their homes; and, if the order is not obeyed by the children, the police shall, subject to chapter 571, proceed to apprehend all children who have not proceeded to their homes.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§577-19 Children under 16 in certain public places

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