Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-5

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Dealer: means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity who engages in a business which includes the buying of previously owned [articles,] and includes any pawnbroker or secondhand dealer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1

The chief of police of each county or the chief of police’s authorized representative may immediately inspect, during normal business hours or whenever the dealer or the dealer’s agents or employees are otherwise present, any records required by this chapter and any articles described in those records that the police reasonably believe are stolen goods.