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HRS §707-715

What counts as terroristic threatening

This section defines the crime of terroristic threatening. You commit it if you threaten to hurt someone, damage their property (including pets or livestock), or commit a serious crime, and you mean to scare them or don't care that you might. It also covers threats that could cause people to evacuate a building or public place.

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The statute, as written — Terroristic threatening, defined

A person commits the offense of terroristic threatening if the person threatens, by word or conduct, to cause bodily injury to another person or serious damage or harm to property, including the pets or livestock, of another or to commit a felony: (1) With the intent to terrorize, or in reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing, another person; or (2) With intent to cause, or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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