HRS §803-3
When a bystander can arrest someone without a warrant
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if you see someone committing a crime, you can arrest them yourself without a warrant. It applies to any person who is present at the crime. This is a narrow rule about citizen's arrests.
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The statute, as written — By person present
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Anyone in the act of committing a crime, may be arrested by any person present, without a warrant. [PC 1869, c 49, §3; RL 1925, §3969; RL 1935, §5402; RL 1945, §10703; RL 1955, §255-3; HRS §708-3; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1]
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