{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-327-16","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 327-16","heading":"Sale or purchase of body parts prohibited.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person that knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchases or sells a body part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a body part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a class C felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both.\n\n(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a body part.","path":["HI Code","Division 1","Title 19","Chapter 327"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0327/HRS_0327-0016.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"e0242d926a37e37c2f5613354fbfeee66225b5b7a8f1d7702fce3159bf8621e6","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-327-15","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-327-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}