HRS §841-13
What happens to belongings found on a body
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Police can take and keep clothing and personal items found on a body when the death is being investigated under certain rules. They hold these items as evidence while they look into what happened and until any trial is over.
The statute, as written — Disposition of personal effects
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.
The clothing and personal property found on any human body appearing to have come to death under any of the circumstances set forth in section 841-3 may be recovered and held as evidence by any police officer, pending the investigation of the facts and the final disposition of any trial which may arise out of the death.
Sections this one refers to
§841-3 Reporting deaths that need investigation
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