§464-14  Unlicensed activity; penalties. 
(a)  Any person who practices, offers to practice, or holds oneself out as
authorized and qualified to practice professional engineering, architecture,
land surveying, or landscape architecture in the State, except as provided in
sections 464-3 and 464-5; or who uses the title "engineer",
"architect", "land surveyor" or "landscape
architect", or any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that such
person is practicing professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, or
landscape architecture, or is a professional engineer, architect, land
surveyor, or landscape architect, without having first acquired a license in
accordance with this chapter and without having a valid unexpired license; or
who uses or attempts to use as the person's own the seal, certificate or
license of another, or who falsely impersonates any duly licensed practitioner
hereunder, or who uses or attempts to use an expired, suspended, or revoked
license shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than one year,
or both.



(b)  Any corporation or copartnership which
advertises that it furnishes architectural, engineering, land surveying, or
landscape architectural services in the making of plans or specifications or in
the construction of any building or other structure, without first complying
with section 464-12; or any corporation or copartnership which furnishes or
offers to furnish architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape
architectural services for the construction of any building, structure,
project, or utility in the State, without first complying with section 464-12,
shall be fined not more than $1,000.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
persons, corporations, or copartnerships working on structures exempted in
section 464-13 shall not be affected by this subsection. [L 1923, c 227, §11;
RL 1925, §3693; am L 1931, c 165, §8; am L 1933, c 134, §4; RL 1935, §7042; RL
1945, §7614; RL 1955, §166-14; HRS §464-14; am L 1970, c 85, §1; gen ch 1985;
am L 1989, c 210, §15; am L 1993, c 127, §2]



 



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  Nonrenewal of registration held not to warrant forfeiture of
contract rights in addition to penal sanctions of this section.  57 H. 124, 551
P.2d 525.