HCC §14-122
When county officials can enter your property
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗The county's drilling inspector can come onto your property at reasonable times to check for rule violations, but only with proper ID and in a way that causes the least trouble. If you say no, they must get a court order before entering.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Right of entry
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.
Upon presentation of proper credentials, the director may enter at reasonable times any property in the County which utilizes drilling operations to inspect the property for potential violations of this article, provided that such entry shall be made in such a manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the person in possession. An order of a court authorizing such entry shall be obtained in the event such entry is denied or resisted. (2013, ord 13-115, sec 2.)14-122
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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