HCC §21-3

Tampering with public sewers

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

You need a written permit from the county director before you can block, uncover, disturb, or throw anything into a public sewer or manhole. This section only covers that permit requirement—it does not explain how to get one or what happens if you don't.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Tampering with public sewers

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 written permit from the director shall be required for any person to: (1) Obstruct or otherwise make inaccessible any portion of the public sewer; (2) Uncover or molest in any way, any public sewer; or (3) Throw anything into any sewer manhole.

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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