(1) A person commits the offense of resisting arrest if the person intentionally prevents a law enforcement officer acting under color of the law enforcement officer’s official authority from effecting an arrest by:

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 710-1026

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
(a) Using or threatening to use physical force against the law enforcement officer or another; or
(b) Using any other means creating a substantial risk of causing bodily injury to the law enforcement officer or another.
(2) Resisting arrest is a misdemeanor.

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