ROH §41-31.7

Criminal penalties

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗

This section says that breaking this article is a misdemeanor. Police can arrest you or give you a ticket instead. If you were allowed to do the thing under an exemption, you can use that as a defense in court.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Criminal penalties

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) Any person violating this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) A law enforcement officer may arrest an alleged violator of this article or may issue a citation in lieu of arrest, as provided in HRS § 803-6. (c) In any prosecution, it is an affirmative defense that the person was exempt from the prohibition in § 41-31.4 (a) pursuant to § 41-31.4 (b).

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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