Contractor information required before getting a building permit

(a) Prior to issuance of a permit, applicants for a permit shall file a statement with the authority having jurisdiction that includes the following: (1) Name; address, email address and telephone number of each contractor or specialty contractor engaged to work upon the building, structure, or project; (2) Name of the responsible managing employee or authorized employee of each contractor or specialty contractor; (3) Phase or phases of work to be performed by each contractor or specialty contractor; 5-21 SUPP. 15 (1-2024) (4)License numbers for each contractor or specialty contractor and a statement that such licenses are in full force and effect, or if the applicant is exempt from chapter 444, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, the basis for the claimed exemption, pursuant to section 444-9.1, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes; and (5) A signature by the responsible managing employee or authorized employee of each contractor and specialty contractor. (b) Whenever used in this section, in accordance with section 444-7, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, “specialty contractor” means a contractor whose operations as such are the performance of construction work requiring special skill such as, but not limited to, electrical, drywall, painting and decorating, landscaping, flooring, carpet laying by any installation method, plumbing, or roofing work, and others whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2.) 5-4-4