Hawaii penalizes:

• Any person who gives false information or offers false evidence of the person’s identity in complying with Hawaii’s gun permitting and registration laws;¹
• Any person who transfers a firearm without verifying that the transferee has obtained a permit to acquire a firearm, which may only be issued after a background check;²
• Any person who acquires a firearm or brings a firearm into the state without registering it;³
• Any person who possesses a firearm that is owned by another without a permit, except that any lawfully acquired rifle or shotgun may be lent to an adult for use within the state for up to fifteen days without a permit.⁴

See the Licensing of Gun Owners & Purchasers in Hawaii and Registration of Firearms in Hawaii pages for further information.

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1. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-17(a).[↩]
2. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134-2.[↩]
3. Haw Rev. Stat. § 134-3.[↩]
4. Haw Rev. Stat. § 134-4(b).[↩]