Haw. Rev. Stat. § 710-1015

False reporting to law-enforcement authorities

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Roman (1989)

Most recently applied in Annan-Yartey v. Honolulu Police Department (January 2007)

L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1993

(1) A person commits the offense of false reporting to law-enforcement authorities if the person intentionally makes a report or causes the transmission of a report to law-enforcement authorities relating to a crime or other incident within their concern when the person knows that the information contained in the report is false.

(2) False reporting to law-enforcement authorities is a misdemeanor.

Official source: Hawaii State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Hawaii statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.