HCC §3-41
When officials can enter property to inspect
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lets the director enter a building or property to check for safety violations, but only at reasonable times. If someone lives there, the inspector must show credentials and ask to enter. If it's empty, they must try to find the owner first. If entry is refused, they can use legal ways to get in.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Right of entry for authorized personnel
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.
When it is necessary to make an inspection to enforce the provisions of this chapter, or when the director has reasonable cause to believe that there exists upon a building or upon a premises or upon a building site a condition which is contrary to or in violation of this chapter which makes the building or premises or the building site unsafe, dangerous or hazardous, the director may enter the building or premises or the building site at reasonable times to inspect or to perform the duties imposed by this chapter, provided that if the building or premises is occupied that credentials be presented to the occupant and entry requested. If such building or premises is unoccupied, the director shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or control of the building or premises and request entry. If entry is refused, the director shall have recourse to the remedies provided by law to secure entry. (2004, ord 04-142, sec 2.)3-41
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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