Hawaii
minimum age
long gun Restrictive
HI1096 — youth possession
Citation:
Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134
The chief of police of the respective counties may issue permits to acquire firearms to citizens of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more
Effective:
1972-01-01 Superseded:
1979-01-01
Hawaii
minimum age
long gun Restrictive
HI1017 — purchase and sale
Citation:
1968 Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134
It is unlawful for persons under the age of 20 to acquire any firearm, punishable by up to $500 and one year in jail
Effective:
1966-01-01 Superseded:
1972-01-01
Hawaii
minimum age
handgun Restrictive
HI1036 — purchase and sale
Citation:
1968 Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134
It is unlawful for persons under the age of 20 to acquire any firearm, punishable by up to $500 and one year in jail
Effective:
1966-01-01 Superseded:
1972-01-01
Hawaii
minimum age
long gun Restrictive
HI1089 — youth possession
Citation:
1968 Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134
It is unlawful for persons under the age of 20 to acquire any firearm, punishable by up to $500 and one year in jail
Effective:
1966-01-01 Superseded:
1972-01-01
Hawaii
minimum age
handgun Restrictive
HI1093 — youth possession
Citation:
1968 Hi. Rev. Stat. Ch. 134
It is unlawful for persons under the age of 20 to acquire any firearm, punishable by up to $500 and one year in jail
Effective:
1966-01-01 Superseded:
1972-01-01
Hawaii
open carry
handgun Permissive
HI1023 — license required
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann § 134-9(c)
No person shall carry concealed or unconcealed on the person a pistol or revolver without being licensed to do so under this section or in compliance with sections 134-5(c) or 134-25.
Effective:
1988-06-13
Hawaii
permit to purchase
long gun Restrictive
HI1015 — maximum waiting period
Citation:
HRS § 134-2(e)
No permit shall be issued to an applicant earlier than fourteen calendar days after the date of the application; provided that a permit shall be issued or the application denied before the twentieth day from the date of application.
Effective:
1994-06-21
Hawaii
permit to purchase
handgun Restrictive
HI1046 — maximum waiting period
Citation:
HRS § 134-2(e)
No permit shall be issued to an applicant earlier than fourteen calendar days after the date of the application; provided that a permit shall be issued or the application denied before the twentieth day from the date of application
Effective:
1994-06-21
Hawaii
permit to purchase
long gun Restrictive
HI1014 — maximum waiting period
Citation:
Hi. H.B. 3903 (1992)
No permit shall be issued to a first time applicant earlier than fourteen calendar days after the date of the application; provided that a permit shall be issued or the application denied before the twentieth day from the date of application.
Effective:
1992-06-29 Superseded:
1994-06-21
Hawaii
permit to purchase
handgun Restrictive
HI1044 — maximum waiting period
Citation:
Hi. H.B. 3903 (1992)
No permit shall be issued to a first time applicant earlier than fourteen calendar days after the date of the application; provided that a permit shall be issued or the application denied before the twentieth day from the date of application.
Effective:
1992-06-29 Superseded:
1994-06-21
Hawaii
permit to purchase
long gun Permissive
HI1013 — maximum waiting period
Citation:
Hi. S.B. No. 2441 (1988)
No permit shall be issued to a first time applicant earlier than ten calendar days after the date of the application; provided that a permit shall be issued or the application denied before the sixteenth day from the date of application.
Effective:
1988-06-13 Superseded:
1992-06-29
Hawaii
permit to purchase
handgun Permissive
HI1040 — maximum waiting period
Citation:
Hi. S.B. No. 2441 (1988)
No permit shall be issued to a first time applicant earlier than ten calendar days after the date of the application; provided that a permit shall be issued or the application denied before the sixteenth day from the date of application.
Effective:
1988-06-13 Superseded:
1992-06-29
Hawaii
permit to purchase
handgun Restrictive
HI1012 — maximum waiting period
Citation:
Hi. H.B. No. 293 (1981)
A permit shall be issued no earlier than ten calendar days after the date of application; provided that a permit shall be issued, or an application denied, no later than fifteen days from the date of the application.
Effective:
1981-06-24 Superseded:
1988-06-13
Hawaii
permit to purchase
long gun Restrictive
HI1039 — maximum waiting period
Citation:
Hi. H.B. No. 293 (1981)
A permit shall be issued no earlier than ten calendar days after the date of application; provided that a permit shall be issued, or an application denied, no later than fifteen days from the date of the application.
Effective:
1981-06-24 Superseded:
1988-06-13
Hawaii
permit to purchase
long gun Restrictive
HI1100 — required
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-3
No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm of any description… until such person has first procured from the chief of police of the county of the person's place of business, or if there be no place of business, such person's residence, or if there be neither place of business nor residence, such person's place of sojourn, a permit to acquire as prescribed herein.
Effective:
1981-06-24
Hawaii
permit to purchase
handgun Permissive
HI1103 — required
Citation:
Hawaii Rev. Stat. Ann. § 7183
(a) No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm (other than a rifle or shotgun having a barrel length of eighteen inches or over), whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, registered under prior law or by a prior owner or unregistered, either by purchase, gift, inheritance, bequest, or in any other manner, whether procured in the State or imported by mail, express, freight,...
Effective:
1951-06-12 Superseded:
1981-06-24
Hawaii
permit to purchase
handgun Restrictive
HI1101 — required
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(a)
Permits to acquire. (a) No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, registered under prior law or by a prior owner or unregistered, either by purchase, gift, inheritance, bequest, or in any other manner, whether procured in the State or imported by mail, express, freight, or otherwise, until the person has first procured from the...
Effective:
1927-07-01
Hawaii
permit to purchase
long gun Restrictive
HI1102 — required
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(a)
Permits to acquire. (a) No person shall acquire the ownership of a firearm, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, registered under prior law or by a prior owner or unregistered, either by purchase, gift, inheritance, bequest, or in any other manner, whether procured in the State or imported by mail, express, freight, or otherwise, until the person has first procured from the...
Effective:
1927-07-01 Superseded:
1951-06-12
Hawaii
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1070 — erpo : expanded
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 134-61, 134-65(a)
61: “Petitioner” means a law enforcement officer, family or household member of the respondent, medical professional, educator, or colleague, who files a petition pursuant to section 134-D or section 134-65.65(a): A petitioner requesting a one-year gun violence protective order shall include in the petition detailed allegations based on personal knowledge that the respondent poses a significant danger of causing a...
Effective:
2020-01-01
Hawaii
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1071 — erpo : ex parte expanded
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 134-61, 134-64
61: “Petitioner” means a law enforcement officer, family or household member of the respondent, medical professional, educator, or colleague, who files a petition pursuant to section 134-D or section 134-65.64(a) A petitioner may request that an ex parte gun violence protective order be issued before a hearing for a one-year gun violence protective order, without notice to the respondent.
Effective:
2020-01-01
Hawaii
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1055 — dvro : expanded
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 586-1
“Dating relationship” means a romantic, courtship, or engagement relationship, often but not necessarily characterized by actions of an intimate or sexual nature, but does not include a casual acquaintanceship or ordinary fraternization between persons in a business or social context.
Effective:
2000-06-07
Hawaii
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1083 — dvro ex parte : expanded
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 586-1
“Dating relationship” means a romantic, courtship, or engagement relationship, often but not necessarily characterized by actions of an intimate or sexual nature, but does not include a casual acquaintanceship or ordinary fraternization between persons in a business or social context.
Effective:
2000-06-07
Hawaii
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1053 — dvro ex parte
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-7(f)
No person who has been restrained pursuant to an order of any court, including an ex parte order as provided in this subsection, from contacting, threatening, or physically abusing any person, shall possess, control, or transfer ownership of any firearm or ammunition therefor, so long as the protective order, restraining order, or any extension is in effect, unless the order, for good cause shown, specifically...
Effective:
1994-07-01 Superseded:
2000-06-07
Hawaii
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1052 — dvro
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-7(f)
No person who has been restrained pursuant to an order of any court, including an ex parte order as provided in this subsection, from contacting, threatening, or physically abusing any person, shall possess, control, or transfer ownership of any firearm or ammunition therefor, so long as the protective order, restraining order, or any extension is in effect, unless the order, for good cause shown, specifically...
Effective:
1993-06-10 Superseded:
2000-06-07
Hawaii
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1104 — violent misdemeanor
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 134-7 (b) (d)
(b) No person who is under indictment for, or has waived indictment for, or has been bound over to the circuit court for, or has been convicted in this State or elsewhere of having committed a felony, or any crime of violence, or an illegal sale of any drug shall own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor.
Effective:
1991-01-01
Hawaii
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1051 — mental health : diagnosed with significant behavioral, emotional or mental disorder
Citation:
HRS § 134-7
(c) No person who: (3) Is or has been diagnosed as having a significant behavioral, emotional, or mental disorders as defined by the most current diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association or for treatment for organic brain syndromes; shall own, possess, or control any firearm or ammunition therefor, unless the person has been medically documented to be no longer adversely affected by the addiction,...
Effective:
1990-06-19
Hawaii
registration
long gun Restrictive
HI1061 — required
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-3(b)
Every person who acquires a firearm pursuant to section 134-2 shall register the firearm in the manner prescribed by this section within five days of acquisition.
Effective:
1994-07-01
Hawaii
registration
handgun Restrictive
HI1027 — required
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-3(b)
Every person who acquires a firearm pursuant to section 134-2 shall register the firearm in the manner prescribed by this section within five days of acquisition.
Effective:
1972-04-28
Hawaii
registration
long gun Restrictive
HI1064 — required
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-3(a)
Every person arriving in the State who brings or by any other manner causes to be brought into the State a firearm of any description, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or unserviceable, modern or antique, shall register the firearm within five days after arrival of the person or of the firearm, whichever arrives later, with the chief of police of the county of the person's place of business or, if there is no...
Effective:
1972-04-28 Superseded:
1994-07-01
Hawaii
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1078 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
HRS § 134-29(a)
Every person shall report the loss, theft, or destruction of a firearm that the person owns or possesses within twenty-four hours upon the discovery of such loss, theft, or destruction to: (1) The police department of the county within which the person resides; and (2) The police department of the county where the theft, loss, or destruction occurred.
Effective:
2019-04-24
Hawaii
safety training required
handgun Restrictive
HI1057 — to purchase
Citation:
HRS § 134-2(g)
Effective July 1, 1995, no person shall be issued a permit under this section for the acquisition of a pistol or revolver unless the person, at any time prior to the issuance of the permit, has completed: (1) An approved hunter education course as authorized under section 183D-28; (2) A firearms safety or training course or class available to the general public offered by a law enforcement agency of the State or of...
Effective:
1995-07-01
Hawaii
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1081 — prohibited
Citation:
2019 HI H.B. No. 2744
PART II. SECTION 2. The legislature finds that a "ghost gun" is a firearm that is assembled without serial numbers or other identification markings. A person may assemble a ghost gun from a prepackaged kit requiring only minimal expertise and, thus, bypass background checks, registration, and other legal requirements...
Effective:
2020-09-16
Hawaii
untraceable firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1082 — prohibited
Citation:
2019 HI H.B. No. 2744
(c) Dealers licensed under section 134-31 or dealers licensed by the United States Department of Justice shall register firearms pursuant to this section on registration forms prescribed by the attorney general and shall not be required to have the firearms physically inspected by the chief of police at the time of registration.
Effective:
2020-09-16
Hawaii
waiting period
handgun Restrictive
HI1028 — general
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(e )
(e) The permit application form shall be signed by the applicant and by the issuing authority. One copy of the permit shall be retained by the issuing authority as a permanent official record.
Effective:
1992-06-29
Hawaii
waiting period
long gun Restrictive
HI1029 — general
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(e) (1991)
(e) The permit application form shall be signed by the applicant and by the issuing authority. One copy of the permit shall be retained by the issuing authority as a permanent official record.
Effective:
1988-06-09
Hawaii
waiting period
handgun Restrictive
HI1045 — general
Citation:
Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 134-2(e ) (1991)
(e) The permit application form shall be signed by the applicant and by the issuing authority. One copy of the permit shall be retained by the issuing authority as a permanent official record.
Effective:
1988-06-09 Superseded:
1992-06-29