HCC §15-22

Getting permission to film movies or TV shows

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

Before you can film a movie or make a TV show or soundtrack with professional actors, sets, or crew, you must get written permission from the county director. This does not apply to news crews covering actual news events.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Permission required for television and motion pictures

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.

Before any motion picture may be filmed or any television production or sound track may be made, which involves the use of professional casts, settings, or crews, by any person other than bona fide newsreel or news television personnel, written permission must first be obtained from the director.

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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