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HRS §708-8101

Lying to get a credit card is a crime

This law makes it a crime to lie in writing about your identity or someone else's to get a credit card. You must know the lie is false and intend for it to be believed. Doing this is a misdemeanor.

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The statute, as written — Making a false statement to procure issuance of a credit card

(1) A person commits the offense of making a false statement to procure issuance of a credit card if the person makes or causes to be made, either directly or indirectly, any false statement in writing, knowing it to be false and with intent that it be relied on, respecting the person's identity or that of any other person, firm, or corporation, for the purpose of procuring the issuance of a credit card. (2) Making a false statement to procure issuance of a credit card is a misdemeanor.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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