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Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 5. Crimes and Criminal Proceedings § 710-1017

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

(1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a government record if:

(a) The person, acting knowingly, falsely makes a purported government record, or falsely completes or alters, or falsely makes an entry in, a government record or a true copy thereof;

(b) The person knowingly presents or uses a government record or a purported government record, or a true copy thereof, knowing that it has been falsely made, completed, or altered, or that a false entry has been made therein, with intent that it be taken as genuine;

(c) The person knowingly records, registers, or files, or offers for recordation, registration, or filing, in a governmental office or agency, a statement, document, or record, in written, printed, or electronic form, which has been falsely made, completed, or altered, or in which a false entry has been made, or which contains a false statement or false information; or

(d) Knowing the person lacks the authority to do so:

(i) The person intentionally destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the availability of any government records; or

(ii) The person refuses to deliver up a government record in the person's possession upon proper request of a public servant entitled to receive such record for examination or other purposes.

(2) For the purpose of this section, “government record” means all records created, issued, received, or kept by any governmental office or agency or required by law to be kept by others for the information of the government.

(3) Tampering with government records is a misdemeanor.

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