HCC §14-18
Loud music and sound devices in public places
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This rule makes it illegal to play any sound device, like a radio or tape player, in a public place or in a car on a public street if the sound can be heard from 50 feet away. If you have the device, the law assumes you were the one using it.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Use of sound reproducing devices in public areas
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) It shall be a violation of law for any person or persons to play, use, operate, or permit to be played, used, or operated, any radio, tape recorder, cassette player, or other machine or device for reproducing sound, if: (1) Such machine or device is located in or on: (A) Any public property, including any public street, highway, building, sidewalk, park, or thoroughfare; or (B) Any motor vehicle on a public street, highway, or public space; and (2) The sound generated by such machine or device is audible at a distance of fifty feet from the machine or device producing the sound. (b) Possession by a person or persons of any of the machines or devices enumerated in subsection (a) shall be prima facie evidence that that person, or those persons, operated the machine or device at the time in question, in violation of this section.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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