HCC §13-5
Businesses must keep children off late-night premises
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This rule says that businesses open to the public, like places serving food, drinks, entertainment, or activities, cannot let children stay late at night unless a parent, guardian, or an adult 18 or older is with them. If they do, they can be fined up to $25.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Business operator’s responsibility; penalty
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Any keeper of an establishment catering to the public where food, drink, entertainment, or recreational activities are provided who knowingly permits any child under the age of fifteen years to remain upon the premises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. unless the child is accompanied by the child’s parent, legal guardian, or an authorized person eighteen years or older, or who knowingly permits a child between the ages of fifteen and eighteen years to remain or loiter upon the premises between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. unless accompanied by the child’s parent, legal guardian, or an authorized person eighteen years or older, shall be fined not more than $25.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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