HCC §24-181
Golf course owners must protect the County from losses
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that golf course owners or operators who let golf carts or maintenance vehicles use public roads must pay the County for any losses from accidents or damage caused by those vehicles. The County must tell the owner or operator about any claim within 60 days after the claim is made.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Indemnification by owner; notice
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) The owner or operator of a golf course which permits golf carts or golf course maintenance vehicles to be driven upon the public thoroughfare shall save harmless and indemnify the County for all loss sustained by the County on account of any suit, judgment, execution, claim or demand whatsoever, by reason of any injury to person or property, including damage to road foundation, surface, or structures, resulting from the operation of such vehicles upon the public thoroughfare. (b) The County shall notify such owner or operator or such person’s representative within sixty days after the presentation of any claim or demand, either by suit or otherwise, made against the County on account of the operation of golf carts or golf course maintenance vehicles upon the public thoroughfare.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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