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HRS §711-1106.6

Pretending to be someone else to harass others

This law makes it a crime to pretend to be another person without their permission and send that person's private details to someone else, if you do it to bother, annoy, or scare anyone. It is a misdemeanor. The law explains what counts as personal information and what it means to pose as someone.

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The statute, as written — Harassment by impersonation

(1) A person commits the offense of harassment by impersonation if that person poses as another person, without the express authorization of that person, and makes or causes to be made, either directly or indirectly, a transmission of any personal information of the person to another by any oral statement, any written statement, or any statement conveyed by any electronic means, with the intent to harass, annoy, or alarm any person. (2) Harassment by impersonation is a misdemeanor. (3) For the purposes of this section: "Personal information" means information associated with an actual person that is a name, an address, a telephone number, or an electronic mail address. "Pose" means to falsely represent oneself, directly or indirectly, as another person or persons.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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