HRS §663-10.7
Protection for helping during a disaster
If you own or control private property and let people use it for emergency shelter, food, or water during a disaster without charging them, you are not legally responsible for their injuries or damage, unless you acted with gross negligence or on purpose. This law covers disasters that are too big for local people to handle alone.
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The statute, as written — Exemption for providing emergency access to land, shelter, and subsistence during a disaster
(a) Any owner of private property who in good faith provides emergency access to land, shelter, or subsistence, including food and water, to a person during a disaster without remuneration or expectation of remuneration, shall be exempt from civil liability for any injury or damage suffered by the person that resulted from the owner providing such emergency access to land, shelter, or subsistence, unless the injury or damage was caused by the gross negligence or intentional or wanton acts or omissions of the owner. (b) For the purposes of this section: "Disaster" means a nonroutine event that exceeds the capacity of persons in the affected area to respond to it in such a way as to save lives, preserve property, or to maintain the social, ecological, economic, or political stability of the affected area. "Emergency" means a situation in which the life or health of a person is in jeopardy due to a disaster requiring immediate assistance. "Owner" means the possessor of a fee interest, or a tenant, lessee, occupant, person, group, club, partnership, family, organization, entity, or corporation that has control, possession, or use of the land, and its members, agents, partners, representatives, shareholders, and employees.
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