Current through November, 2024
Section 23-604-5 - Good samaritan claims: eligibility for compensation(a) Compensation may be paid to those persons identified in subsection (b) when any private citizen has incurred injury or property damage while assisting or preventing the commission of a crime within the State, while apprehending a person who has committed a crime within the State, or while materially assisting a peace officer who is engaged in the prevention or attempted prevention of such a crime or the apprehension or attempted apprehension of such person.(b) Claims may be made by a private citizen, or, if, incompetent, or a child, by the private citizen's parent or legal guardian or by any person responsible for the maintenance of the private citizen who has suffered pecuniary loss or incurred expenses as a result of the private citizen's injury.(c) Compensation may be awarded for:(1) Expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the injury;(4) Pecuniary loss resulting directly from damage property.[Eff SEP 03 1994] (Auth: HRS § 351-68) (Imp: HRS § 351-31)