HCC §14-89
Rules for changing or damaging street signs and address numbers
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This law says no one may change, damage, or remove a street sign or address number, except for quick repairs or replacements. If you break this rule, you can be fined. The fine is higher if you do it again within five years.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Enforcement of street name sign or address tampering or
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.
defacement. (a) Violation. Except for repair, replacement, or relocation within twenty-four hours, no person may alter, deface, or remove any address number or street sign. (b) Criminal prosecution. (1) Any person violating or causing or permitting the violation in the preceding paragraph, shall be guilty of a violation, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced as follows: (A) For a first offense, by a fine not exceeding $500. (B) For a subsequent conviction which occurs within five years of any prior conviction for violation of this chapter, by a fine of not less than $500 but not exceeding $1,000. (2) After a conviction for a first violation under this chapter, each further day of violation shall constitute a separate offense if the violation is a continuance of the subject of the first conviction. (3) The imposition of a fine under this section shall be controlled by the provisions of the Hawai‘i Penal Code relating to fines, sections 706-641 through 706-645, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. (2004, ord 04-82, sec 2.)14-89 Article 15. Genetically Engineered (Transgenic) Taro (Kalo) and Coffee.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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