HCC §13-9

No serving or drinking alcohol in public places for minors

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This law makes it illegal to give, serve, or offer alcohol to anyone under 21 in a public place. It also makes it illegal for a minor to drink alcohol in public. The person who provides the alcohol must check the drinker's age.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Minors drinking intoxicating liquor prohibited

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.

(a) No person shall provide, serve, or offer for drink, any intoxicating liquor in any public place to any minor. The duty to ascertain the age of any person drinking in any public place is the responsibility of such provider, server, or offerer. (b) No minor shall drink or consume any intoxicating liquor in any public place.

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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