HCC §27-38
County can remove the problem and charge the owner
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If the owner does not remove an encroachment or obstruction within 30 days after the county mails a notice, the county can remove it or hire someone to do it. The owner must pay all removal costs. The county can sue to collect and can put a lien on the property.
landowners
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Removal by County; costs
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.
If the encroachment and/or obstruction is not removed or its removal is not commenced and diligently prosecuted prior to the expiration of thirty days after mailing of notice, the department of public works may proceed to remove the encroachment and/or obstruction by itself or contract for its removal. All costs incurred in the course of removing the encroachment and/or obstruction shall be paid by owner and the County may institute an action to recover costs and expenses for removal of the encroachment and/or obstruction. The County may also place a lien against the encroaching and/or obstructing parcel for any uncollected costs. (1997, ord 97-128, sec 1.)27-38
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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