{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-710-1028","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 710-1028","heading":"Hindering prosecution; definition of rendering assistance.","body":"For the purposes of sections [710-1029 and 710-1030], a person renders assistance to another if he:\n\n(1) Harbors or conceals such person;\n\n(2) Warns such person of impending discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction, except this does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law;\n\n(3) Provides such person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction;\n\n(4) Prevents or obstructs, by means of force, deception, or intimidation, anyone from performing an act that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of such person; or\n\n(5) Suppresses by an act of concealment, alteration, or destruction any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of such person.","path":["HI Code","Division 5","Title 37","Chapter 710"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0710/HRS_0710-1028.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"39d40bec3ae96222c8befc90b737e3fc452f953475099baac652eb1ac6ccaee7","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-710-1027","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-710-1029"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}