HRS §708-838
Removing identification marks
This law makes it a crime to remove or change a manufacturer's serial number or ID mark on certain property. It also covers doing this to hide who really owns someone else's property. The crime is a misdemeanor.
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The statute, as written — Removal of identification marks
A person commits the offense of removal of identification marks if (1) The person defaces, erases, or otherwise alters any serial number or identification mark placed or inscribed by the manufacturer, or (2) The person knowingly, to conceal the true ownership of the property of another, defaces, erases, or otherwise alters any serial number or identification mark placed or inscribed on any bicycle, movable or immovable construction tool or equipment, appliance, merchandise, or other article for the purpose of identifying the bicycle, movable or immovable tool or equipment, appliance, merchandise or other article or its component parts, with a value of more than $50. A person removes identification marks if the person attempts to or succeeds in erasing, defacing, altering, or removing a serial number or identification mark or part thereof, on the property of another. Removal of identification marks is a misdemeanor.
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