Hawaii § 6E-12 - Reproductions, forgeries, and illegal sales.
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§ 6E-12. Reproductions, forgeries, and illegal sales.
(a) It shall be unlawful to reproduce, retouch, rework, or forge any historic object and to represent it or offer it for trade or sale as an original and genuine object. It shall be unlawful for any person to offer for sale or exchange any historic object with the knowledge that it has been collected or excavated in violation of any of the terms of this chapter. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Offer for sale or exchange any exhumed prehistoric or historic human skeletal remains or associated burial goods; or (2) Remove those goods or remains, except those remains fabricated into artifacts prehistorically, from the jurisdiction of the State without obtaining a permit from the department. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove aviation artifacts derived from state lands or agencies from the jurisdiction of the State without obtaining a permit from the department. (d) Any person violating this section shall be fined not more than $25,000. Each historic object or part of a prehistoric or historic human skeleton or associated burial good offered for sale or trade or removed from the jurisdiction in violation of this section shall constitute a distinct and separate offense for which the offender may be punished. [L 1976, c 104, pt of §2; am L 1990, c 306, §9; am L 1996, c 97, §9; am L 2022, c 212, §3] Previous Vol01_Ch0001-0042F Next
Source: official Hawaii text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6E-12 ("Reproductions, forgeries, and illegal sales.") is part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Hawaii. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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