Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 5. Crimes and Criminal Proceedings § 703-306

(a) To prevent the commission of criminal trespass or burglary in a building or upon real property in the actor's possession or in the possession of another person for whose protection the actor acts;

(b) To prevent unlawful entry upon real property in the actor's possession or in the possession of another person for whose protection the actor acts; or

(c) To prevent theft, criminal mischief, or any trespassory taking of tangible, movable property in the actor's possession or in the possession of another person for whose protection the actor acts.

(a) Such a request would be useless;

(b) It would be dangerous to the actor or another person to make the request; or

(c) Substantial harm would be done to the physical condition of the property which is sought to be protected before the request could effectively be made.

(a) The person against whom the force is used is attempting to dispossess the actor of the actor's dwelling otherwise than under a claim of right to its possession; or

(b) The person against whom the deadly force is used is attempting to commit felonious property damage, burglary, robbery, or felonious theft and either:

(a) The device is not designed to cause or known to create a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily injury;

(b) The use of the particular device to protect the property from entry or trespass is reasonable under the circumstances, as the defendant believes them to be; and

(c) The device is one customarily used for such a purpose or reasonable care is taken to make known to probable intruders the fact that it is used.