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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 142-96 (2026)

  Frightening animals; penalty

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     §142-96  Frightening animals; penalty.  Whoever frightens, exasperates, or animates a horse or other animal, and thereby endangers the personal safety or the personal property of any person, or the animal itself, being that of another, shall, in case the personal safety of any person is thereby imminently endangered, be fined not less than $5 nor more than $500; or in case the personal safety of any person is not so endangered, be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100. [PC 1869, c 26, §4; RL 1925, §4393; RL 1935, §6285; RL 1945, §11704; RL 1955, §311-4; HRS §142-96]

 

 

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Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2026 · leading case: State v. Gonzalez., 288 P.3d 788 (Haw. 2012).
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State v. Gonzalez., 288 P.3d 788 (Haw. 2012). · cites it 4× “…§ 142-61(f) (2011) 18 (regulating electric fences), HRS § 142-95 (2011) 19 (keeping Belgian hares off of the ground), HRS § 142-96 (2011) 20 (frightening animals and endangering others), HRS § 264-12 (2011) 21 and HRS § 264-6 (2011) 22 (preventing per *323 sons from breaking…”
Nonhuman Rights Proj., Inc. v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu (Haw. App. 2026). · cites it 4× “2d 1328, 1332-33 (1980) (a dolphin is not "any other person" for purposes of choice of evils defense to theft prosecution); see also, HRS § 142-96 (2023) (imposing fine upon one who "frightens, exasperates, or animates a horse or other animal, and thereby endangers the personal…”
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