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HRS §708-821

Serious property damage crimes and their penalties

This law makes it a serious crime to damage someone else's property on purpose. It covers damage using dangerous methods, damage over $1,500, or damage to farm or fish equipment, supplies, or products over $500. The penalty is a class C felony, with a minimum jail time for farm damage.

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The statute, as written — Criminal property damage in the second degree

(1) A person commits the offense of criminal property damage in the second degree if by means other than fire: (a) The person intentionally or knowingly damages the property of another, without the other's consent, by the use of widely dangerous means; (b) The person intentionally or knowingly damages the property of another, without the other's consent, in an amount exceeding $1,500; or (c) The person intentionally or knowingly damages the agricultural equipment, supplies, or products or aquacultural equipment, supplies, or products of another, including trees, bushes, or any other plant and livestock of another, without the other's consent, in an amount exceeding $500. In calculating the amount of damages to agricultural products, the amount of damages includes future losses and the loss of future production. (2) Criminal property damage in the second degree is a class C felony; provided that any person convicted of violating subsection (1)(c) shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one hundred eighty days, without possibility of probation or suspension of sentence.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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