HRS §46-12
County duty to clean beaches
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Each county must remove seaweed, limu, and debris from its beaches and shores if the material could create an unsanitary condition or public nuisance. If the cleanup is a private owner's job, the county can force that owner to do it instead of paying with public money.
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The statute, as written — Cleaning shores and beaches of seaweed, limu, and debris
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.
The various counties shall be responsible for removing and clearing all seaweed, limu, and debris which are likely to create an unsanitary condition or to otherwise become a public nuisance from the shores and beaches situated within the respective counties; provided that to the extent any of the foregoing work is a private responsibility, the responsibility may be enforced by the county in lieu of the work being done at public expense.
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