HRS §6E-12
Reproductions, forgeries, and illegal sales
This law makes it illegal to fake or forge historic objects and sell them as real, to sell items dug up illegally, to sell or remove ancient human remains or burial goods, or to take aviation artifacts out of Hawaii without a permit. Violations can bring fines.
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The statute, as written — Reproductions, forgeries, and illegal sales
(a) It shall be unlawful to reproduce, retouch, rework, or forge any historic object and to represent it or offer it for trade or sale as an original and genuine object. It shall be unlawful for any person to offer for sale or exchange any historic object with the knowledge that it has been collected or excavated in violation of any of the terms of this chapter. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Offer for sale or exchange any exhumed prehistoric or historic human skeletal remains or associated burial goods; or (2) Remove those goods or remains, except those remains fabricated into artifacts prehistorically, from the jurisdiction of the State without obtaining a permit from the department. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove aviation artifacts derived from state lands or agencies from the jurisdiction of the State without obtaining a permit from the department. (d) Any person violating this section shall be fined not more than $25,000. Each historic object or part of a prehistoric or historic human skeleton or associated burial good offered for sale or trade or removed from the jurisdiction in violation of this section shall constitute a distinct and separate offense for which the offender may be punished.
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