Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-3

  • Chief of police: means the chief of police of the respective counties and their authorized representatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1
  • Emergency: means the imminent or actual occurrence of an event, which has the likelihood of causing extensive injury, death, property damage, or impedes the safe and necessary movement of persons or vehicles over public highways, including but not limited to the spillage of hazardous material on a public highway or public place. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1
  • Owner: means any individual, partnership, firm, society, unincorporated association, joint venture group, hui, joint stock company, corporation, trustee, personal representative, trust estate, decedent's estate, trust, or other legal entity whether doing business for itself or in a fiduciary capacity, that owns or controls the real property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Traffic accident: means an accident involving motorists, pedestrians, or bicyclists, or a combination, on [a] public highway which impedes the safe and necessary movement of persons or vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1

In the event the chief of police diverts vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, or a combination thereof, onto an owner‘s real property during an emergency or traffic accident, the owner, together with the owner’s successors in interest, if any, shall not be civilly liable for negligently causing the death of, or injury to, any person or damage to any personal property, in connection with the use of the real property for the purposes as provided in § 135-2.