HRS §6E-71
Damaging historic property or aviation artifacts
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law makes it a crime to knowingly take, dig up, damage, destroy, or change historic property or aviation artifacts without permission. If it's on private land, you need the owner's written OK. If it's on state or county land, you need the department's permission. Each day of violation is a separate crime.
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The statute, as written — Taking, appropriation, excavation, injury, destruction, or alteration of historic property or aviation artifact; 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.
(a) A person commits the offense of taking, appropriation, excavation, injury, destruction, or alteration of historic property or aviation artifact if the person knowingly: (1) Takes, appropriates, excavates, injures, destroys, or alters any historic property or aviation artifact located upon the private land of any owner thereof without the owner's written permission being first obtained; or (2) Takes, appropriates, excavates, injures, destroys, or alters any historic property or aviation artifact located upon land owned or controlled by the State or any of its political subdivisions, except as permitted by the department. (b) Taking, appropriation, excavation, injury, destruction, or alteration of historic property or aviation artifact is a misdemeanor for which a fine not to exceed $25,000 may be imposed, in addition to any other penalty authorized by chapter 706 for a misdemeanor. (c) Each day of a continued violation of this section shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.
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