(1) A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or about to be instituted, the person:

Attorney's Note

Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
misdemeanorup to 1 year$2,000
For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-663
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 710-1076

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(a) Destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes, or alters physical evidence with intent to impair its verity in the pending or prospective official proceeding;
(b) Makes, presents, or offers any false physical evidence with intent that it be introduced in the pending or prospective official proceeding.
(2) “Physical evidence,” as used in this section includes any article, object, document, record, or other thing of physical substance.
(3) Tampering with physical evidence is a misdemeanor.

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