HRS §200-11
Keeping old liveaboard permits in small boat harbors
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you owned a boat used as your main home and had a permit for it in a state small boat harbor on June 9, 1976, you can keep mooring it there and get a new permit, as long as you follow the rules in sections 200-9 and 200-10.
The statute, as written — Existing permits
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
An owner of a vessel used as a principal place of habitation holding a permit for that use in a state small boat harbor on June 9, 1976, may continue to moor the vessel in that harbor for such purpose and be permitted to obtain a new mooring permit; provided that the owner conforms to conditions set forth in sections 200-9 and 200-10.
Sections this one refers to
§200-9 State Small Boat Harbors: Who Can Use Them and How
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