HCC §24-182
Golf course vehicles need a bond or insurance
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗Golf course owners and operators must file a $300,000 bond with the county's public works department if they let golf carts or maintenance vehicles drive on public roads. The bond protects the county from costs or damages. Instead of a bond, they can use a liability insurance policy from a company allowed to do business in Hawaii.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Bond requirements; insurance policy
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 and operator of a golf course which permits golf carts or golf course maintenance vehicles to be driven upon the public thoroughfare shall file with the department of public works of the County a continuing bond in the penal sum of $300,000 issued by the owner or operator and a surety company to be approved by the County corporation counsel and conditioned for the faithful observance of this division and any and all amendments thereto, which shall indemnify and save harmless the County from any and all damages, judgments, costs or expenses which the County may incur or suffer by reason of the operation or use of such vehicles upon the public thoroughfare. (b) A liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Hawai‘i conforming to this section may be permitted in lieu of a bond.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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