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Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 132D-5

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to:

(1) Throw, catapult, or otherwise manually propel any ignited aerial devices, articles pyrotechnic, consumer fireworks, or display fireworks:

(A) From, at, or into a vehicle;

(B) At a person or an animal;  or

(C) From above the first floor of any building;  or

(2) Set off, ignite, discharge, or otherwise cause to explode any aerial devices, articles pyrotechnic, consumer fireworks, or display fireworks:

(A) From above the first floor of any building;

(B) In any vehicle;  or

(C) In any building;  provided that firecrackers shall be permitted if used in accordance with sections 132D-3 and 132D-10 and all other applicable state and county laws, ordinances, and rules.

(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the offense of general fireworks or articles pyrotechnic prohibitions in the first degree shall be a class C felony.

(c) If in the commission of the offense of general fireworks or articles pyrotechnic prohibitions in the first degree the person negligently causes substantial bodily injury to another person, the person shall be guilty of a class B felony.

(d) If in the commission of the offense of general fireworks or articles pyrotechnic prohibitions in the first degree the person negligently causes serious bodily injury or death to another person, the person shall be guilty of a class A felony.

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