{ "batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_anchor", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Hawaii Revised Statutes: Chapter 712 index (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Hawaii's official statute site (capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent) publishes HRS Chapter 712 under the heading quoted. Part I of the chapter holds the prostitution offences.", "body": "Hawaii's official statute site (capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent) publishes HRS Chapter 712 under the heading quoted. Part I of the chapter holds the prostitution offences.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 712 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS”\n\nNote: Anchor record: legislature's own statute site, state .gov domain.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 712 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "Hawaii Revised Statutes", "topic": "Chapter 712 index (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-hi" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_idx_part1", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Index of Part I", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Part I of HRS chapter 712 is titled 'Prostitution, Promoting Prostitution, and Sex Trafficking' and runs from section 712-1200 to 712-1209.6.", "body": "Part I of HRS chapter 712 is titled 'Prostitution, Promoting Prostitution, and Sex Trafficking' and runs from section 712-1200 to 712-1209.6.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Part I. Prostitution, Promoting Prostitution, and Sex Trafficking Section 712-1200 Prostitution 712-1200.5 Commercial sexual exploitation 712-1201 Advancing prostitution; profiting from prostitution; definition of terms 712-1202 Sex trafficking 712-1203 Promoting prostitution 712-1204, 1205 Repealed 712-1206 Loitering for the purpose of engaging in or advancing prostitution 712-1207 Street prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation; designated areas 712-1208 Promoting travel for prostitution 712-1209 Commercial sexual exploitation near schools or public parks 712-1209.1 Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor 712-1209.5 Habitual commercial sexual exploitation 712-1209.6 Prostitution; motion to vacate conviction”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Part I. Prostitution, Promoting Prostitution, and Sex Trafficking Section 712-1200 Prostitution 712-1200.5 Commercial sexual exploitation 712-1201 Advancing prostitution; profiting from prostitution; definition of terms 712-1202 Sex trafficking 712-1203 Promoting prostitution 712-1204, 1205 Repealed 712-1206 Loitering for the purpose of engaging in or advancing prostitution 712-1207 Street prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation; designated areas 712-1208 Promoting travel for prostitution 712-1209 Commercial sexual exploitation near schools or public parks 712-1209.1 Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor 712-1209.5 Habitual commercial sexual exploitation 712-1209.6 Prostitution; motion to vacate conviction", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712 Part I", "topic": "Index of Part I", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1200_def", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1200: Prostitution: offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1200(1) makes it an offence to engage in, or agree or offer to engage in, sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee or anything of value; the offence turns on the fee, not on contact alone.", "body": "HRS 712-1200(1) makes it an offence to engage in, or agree or offer to engage in, sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee or anything of value; the offence turns on the fee, not on contact alone.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the offense of prostitution if the person engages in, or agrees or offers to engage in, sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee or anything of value.”\n\nNote: Seller-side offence. For a co-performer paid on camera the fee element is 'a fee or anything of value'.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1200.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person commits the offense of prostitution if the person engages in, or agrees or offers to engage in, sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee or anything of value.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1200", "topic": "Prostitution: offence", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-hi" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1200_sexcond", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1200: Definition of sexual conduct", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 712-1200(2) defines 'sexual conduct' by reference to sexual penetration, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual contact (HRS 707-700) or sadomasochistic abuse (HRS 707-752).", "body": "Section 712-1200(2) defines 'sexual conduct' by reference to sexual penetration, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual contact (HRS 707-700) or sadomasochistic abuse (HRS 707-752).\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“as those terms are defined in section 707-700, or”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1200.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "as those terms are defined in section 707-700, or", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1200", "topic": "Definition of sexual conduct", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1200_penalty", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1200: Penalty class for prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Prostitution is a petty misdemeanor (a violation if the person is a minor); a first offence carries a fine of at least $500 and at most $1,000 and up to thirty days in jail or probation.", "body": "Prostitution is a petty misdemeanor (a violation if the person is a minor); a first offence carries a fine of at least $500 and at most $1,000 and up to thirty days in jail or probation.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(3) Prostitution shall be a petty misdemeanor; provided that if the person who commits the offense under subsection (1) is a minor, prostitution shall be a violation. (4) A person convicted of committing the offense of prostitution as a petty misdemeanor shall be sentenced as follows: (a) For the first offense, when the court has not deferred further proceedings pursuant to chapter 853, a fine of no less than $500 but no more than $1,000 and the person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of no more than thirty days or probation;”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1200.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(3) Prostitution shall be a petty misdemeanor; provided that if the person who commits the offense under subsection (1) is a minor, prostitution shall be a violation. (4) A person convicted of committing the offense of prostitution as a petty misdemeanor shall be sentenced as follows: (a) For the first offense, when the court has not deferred further proceedings pursuant to chapter 853, a fine of no less than $500 but no more than $1,000 and the person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of no more than thirty days or probation;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1200", "topic": "Penalty class for prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s12005", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1200.5: Commercial sexual exploitation (paying)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Since Act 68 (2021) the buyer side is a separate offence: providing, agreeing or offering to provide a fee or anything of value to another to engage in sexual conduct is commercial sexual exploitation.", "body": "Since Act 68 (2021) the buyer side is a separate offence: providing, agreeing or offering to provide a fee or anything of value to another to engage in sexual conduct is commercial sexual exploitation.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the offense of commercial sexual exploitation if the person provides, agrees to provide, or offers to provide a fee or anything of value to another to engage in sexual conduct.”\n\nNote: Relevant to a creator who pays a co-performer: the payer-side offence is its own section.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1200_0005.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person commits the offense of commercial sexual exploitation if the person provides, agrees to provide, or offers to provide a fee or anything of value to another to engage in sexual conduct.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1200.5", "topic": "Commercial sexual exploitation (paying)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-hi" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s12005_pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1200.5: Penalty class for commercial sexual exploitation", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Commercial sexual exploitation is a petty misdemeanor, but a class C felony if the person acts in reckless disregard that the person exploited is a sex trafficking victim.", "body": "Commercial sexual exploitation is a petty misdemeanor, but a class C felony if the person acts in reckless disregard that the person exploited is a sex trafficking victim.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(3) Except as provided in subsection (4), commercial sexual exploitation is a petty misdemeanor. (4) Commercial sexual exploitation is a class C felony if the person who commits the offense under subsection (1) does so in reckless disregard of the fact that the person exploited is a victim of sex trafficking.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1200_0005.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(3) Except as provided in subsection (4), commercial sexual exploitation is a petty misdemeanor. (4) Commercial sexual exploitation is a class C felony if the person who commits the offense under subsection (1) does so in reckless disregard of the fact that the person exploited is a victim of sex trafficking.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1200.5", "topic": "Penalty class for commercial sexual exploitation", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1201", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1201: Definitions: advancing prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 712-1201 defines 'advances prostitution' (includes procuring patrons, providing persons for prostitution purposes, permitting premises to be regularly used for prostitution purposes).", "body": "Section 712-1201 defines 'advances prostitution' (includes procuring patrons, providing persons for prostitution purposes, permitting premises to be regularly used for prostitution purposes).\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“the person knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution, provides persons for prostitution purposes, permits premises to be regularly used for prostitution purposes, operates or assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise, or engages in any other conduct designed to institute, aid, or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution;”\n\nNote: Definitions section is its own record.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1201.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "the person knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution, provides persons for prostitution purposes, permits premises to be regularly used for prostitution purposes, operates or assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise, or engages in any other conduct designed to institute, aid, or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1201", "topic": "Definitions: advancing prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1201_profit", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1201: Definition: profits from prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person 'profits from prostitution' if they accept money or anything of value under an agreement to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity.", "body": "A person 'profits from prostitution' if they accept money or anything of value under an agreement to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“the person accepts or receives money, anything of value, or other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby the person participates or is to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity;”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1201.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "the person accepts or receives money, anything of value, or other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby the person participates or is to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1201", "topic": "Definition: profits from prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1202", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1202: Sex trafficking", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Sex trafficking (advancing or profiting from prostitution by force, threat, fraud, coercion or intimidation, or of a minor) is a class A felony.", "body": "Sex trafficking (advancing or profiting from prostitution by force, threat, fraud, coercion or intimidation, or of a minor) is a class A felony.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(2) Sex trafficking is a class A felony.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1202.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(2) Sex trafficking is a class A felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1202", "topic": "Sex trafficking", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1203", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1203: Promoting prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Knowingly advancing or profiting from prostitution is promoting prostitution, a class B felony.", "body": "Knowingly advancing or profiting from prostitution is promoting prostitution, a class B felony.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution if the person knowingly advances or profits from prostitution. (2) Promoting prostitution is a class B felony.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1203.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution if the person knowingly advances or profits from prostitution. (2) Promoting prostitution is a class B felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1203", "topic": "Promoting prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1204", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1204: Repealed section", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 712-1204 is repealed (L 2011, c 145, s 6).", "body": "Section 712-1204 is repealed (L 2011, c 145, s 6).\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“§712-1204 REPEALED. L 2011, c 145, §6.”\n\nNote: Section 712-1205 is also repealed (L 1996, c 14, s 2).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1204.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "§712-1204 REPEALED. L 2011, c 145, §6.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1204", "topic": "Repealed section", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-hi" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1206_prost", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1206: Loitering for the purpose of prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Repeatedly beckoning or stopping passers-by or motor vehicles in a public place for the purpose of prostitution is a violation.", "body": "Repeatedly beckoning or stopping passers-by or motor vehicles in a public place for the purpose of prostitution is a violation.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“for the purpose of committing the crime of prostitution as that term is defined in section 712-1200 shall be guilty of a violation.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1206.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "for the purpose of committing the crime of prostitution as that term is defined in section 712-1200 shall be guilty of a violation.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1206", "topic": "Loitering for the purpose of prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1206_adv", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1206: Loitering for the purpose of advancing prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Loitering in a public place for the purpose of advancing prostitution (section 712-1201(1)) is a petty misdemeanor.", "body": "Loitering in a public place for the purpose of advancing prostitution (section 712-1201(1)) is a petty misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“for the purpose of committing the crime of advancing prostitution as that term is defined in section 712-1201(1) shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1206.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "for the purpose of committing the crime of advancing prostitution as that term is defined in section 712-1201(1) shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1206", "topic": "Loitering for the purpose of advancing prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1207", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1207: Street prostitution in Waikiki and designated areas", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] On public property in Waikiki (and county-designated zones) it is unlawful to offer or agree to sexual conduct for a fee, or to offer a fee for it; violation is a petty misdemeanor with a mandatory thirty days imprisonment.", "body": "On public property in Waikiki (and county-designated zones) it is unlawful to offer or agree to sexual conduct for a fee, or to offer a fee for it; violation is a petty misdemeanor with a mandatory thirty days imprisonment.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(4) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person violating this section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to a mandatory term of thirty days imprisonment.”\n\nNote: Applies only on public property; a private home shoot is outside this section.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1207.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(4) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person violating this section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to a mandatory term of thirty days imprisonment.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1207", "topic": "Street prostitution in Waikiki and designated areas", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-hi" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1208", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1208: Promoting travel for prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Knowingly selling travel services for the purpose of engaging in what would be prostitution if occurring in the State is a class C felony.", "body": "Knowingly selling travel services for the purpose of engaging in what would be prostitution if occurring in the State is a class C felony.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the offense of promoting travel for prostitution if the person knowingly sells or offers to sell travel services that include or facilitate travel for the purpose of engaging in what would be prostitution if occurring in the State. (2) \"Travel services\" has the same meaning as in section 468L-1. (3) Promoting travel for prostitution is a class C felony.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1208.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person commits the offense of promoting travel for prostitution if the person knowingly sells or offers to sell travel services that include or facilitate travel for the purpose of engaging in what would be prostitution if occurring in the State. (2) \"Travel services\" has the same meaning as in section 468L-1. (3) Promoting travel for prostitution is a class C felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1208", "topic": "Promoting travel for prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s1209", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1209: Commercial sexual exploitation near schools or public parks", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Paying or offering a fee for sexual conduct within 750 feet of a school or public park is a misdemeanor.", "body": "Paying or offering a fee for sexual conduct within 750 feet of a school or public park is a misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“within seven hundred fifty feet of a school or public park, the person provides, agrees to provide, or offers to provide a fee or anything of value to another person to engage in sexual conduct. (2) Commercial sexual exploitation near schools or public parks is a misdemeanor.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1209.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "within seven hundred fifty feet of a school or public park, the person provides, agrees to provide, or offers to provide a fee or anything of value to another person to engage in sexual conduct. (2) Commercial sexual exploitation near schools or public parks is a misdemeanor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1209", "topic": "Commercial sexual exploitation near schools or public parks", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s12091", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1209.1: Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor is a class B felony with a fine of no less than $5,000.", "body": "Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor is a class B felony with a fine of no less than $5,000.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(2) Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor is a class B felony. (3) In addition to any other authorized disposition, a person convicted of committing the offense of commercial sexual exploitation of a minor shall be sentenced to pay a fine of no less than $5,000.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1209_0001.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(2) Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor is a class B felony. (3) In addition to any other authorized disposition, a person convicted of committing the offense of commercial sexual exploitation of a minor shall be sentenced to pay a fine of no less than $5,000.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1209.1", "topic": "Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s12095", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1209.5: Habitual commercial sexual exploitation", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Habitual commercial sexual exploitation (two or more convictions within ten years) is a class C felony.", "body": "Habitual commercial sexual exploitation (two or more convictions within ten years) is a class C felony.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(3) Habitual commercial sexual exploitation is a class C felony.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1209_0005.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(3) Habitual commercial sexual exploitation is a class C felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1209.5", "topic": "Habitual commercial sexual exploitation", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_389_hawaii_prostitution_statute_every_section_s12096", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 712-1209.6: Motion to vacate prostitution conviction", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person convicted under 712-1200, 712-1206(2) or 712-1207(1)(a) or (2)(a) may move to vacate the conviction if not convicted of any Penal Code offence within three years.", "body": "A person convicted under 712-1200, 712-1206(2) or 712-1207(1)(a) or (2)(a) may move to vacate the conviction if not convicted of any Penal Code offence within three years.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“may file a motion to vacate the conviction if the defendant is not subsequently convicted of any offense under the Hawaii Penal Code within three years after the date of the original conviction.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1209_0006.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "may file a motion to vacate the conviction if the defendant is not subsequently convicted of any offense under the Hawaii Penal Code within three years after the date of the original conviction.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "389-hawaii-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "HRS 712-1209.6", "topic": "Motion to vacate prostitution conviction", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "HI", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-hi" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }