HCC §15-47
When camping permits get cancelled
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains when a camping permit is automatically cancelled and when the county can end your camping privileges. Permits are cancelled if not picked up or if the county isn't told about usage within 48 hours. The county can also cancel for bad behavior like damaging property or causing disturbances.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Cancellation of permits
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.
Permits shall be automatically cancelled if they are not picked up or if the department is not notified of final verification of usage by the requesting party within forty-eight hours of actual usage. The department also reserves the right to terminate camping privileges, aside from natural causes, for the following reasons: (1) Tampering with or injuring signs, posters, markers, plants and other ornamental artifacts in the area; (2) Abuse of and physical damage to any building or other facility in the area; (3) Unnecessary and excessive littering of the area; (4) Common nuisance and disorderly behavior; (5) Being uncontrollably under the influence of liquor; and (6) For the violation of any other provision covered in this chapter.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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