HRS §339-5
Keeping your property's edges litter-free
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you own or rent property in an urban zone, you must keep the sidewalk, alley, curb, road shoulder, fence line, and hedge right next to your property free of litter. This does not let state or county agencies reduce their usual public maintenance.
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The statute, as written — Responsibilities of owners and lessees of real property
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.
It shall be the responsibility of any owner or lessee of real property in state land use urban districts zoned for urban use by the county to maintain sidewalks, alleys, curbs, roadway shoulder areas, fence lines, and hedges immediately adjoining such real property in a litter-free condition except that in no way will the statute be used to release the state and county agencies from continuing their present level of public property maintenance. [L Sp 1977 1st, c 2, pt of §2]
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