Hawaii Revised Statutes 710-1015 – False reporting to law-enforcement authorities

(1) A person commits the offense of false reporting to law-enforcement authorities if the person intentionally makes a report or causes the transmission of a report to law-enforcement authorities relating to a crime or other incident within their concern when the person knows that the information contained in the report is false.

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Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:

Class	Prison	Fine
misdemeanor	up to 1 year	$2,000

For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-663

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(2) False reporting to law-enforcement authorities is a misdemeanor.

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Hawaii Revised Statutes 710-1015 – False reporting to law-enforcement authorities

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