HCC §15-28
What you cannot do in county parks
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lists activities that are banned in all park areas unless a park official gives permission. It covers damaging property or nature, taking things to sell, and harming plants. Some personal use of small items is allowed.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Prohibited activities in parks 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.
The following activities are prohibited in all park areas, unless authorized by the director or the director’s authorized representative: (1) The intentional or wanton destruction, defacement or removal of any natural feature or nonrenewable natural resource; (2) The intentional or wanton possession, destruction, injury, defacement, removal, or disturbance, in any manner of any public building, sign, equipment, monument, marker, or other structure, or of any relic, artifact, ruin, or historic or prehistoric feature, or of any other similar public property; (3) Gathering or collecting for the purpose of sale or commercial use any quantities of natural products of a renewable nature, including, but not limited to flowers, fruits, leaves, berries, wood, driftwood, and marine deposits of natural origin, with the exception of the gathering or collecting of such products in reasonable quantities for personal use except where such activity is expressly prohibited by posted signage; (4) The destroying, digging, or removing of any tree, shrub, or other plant; the tying or affixing of ropes, cords, or cables to any plant for the purpose of mounting or securing signs, tents, tarps, shade or wind screens, hammocks or similar items; and inserting spikes, nails, screws, or other foreign objects into any tree or other plant; and (5) The gathering or collecting of pebbles or rocks of any size for the purpose of sale. The gathering or collecting of small quantities of pebbles or rock by hand for personal use is permitted.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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