HCC §5-5-3
Who must be named on a building permit
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗A building permit only allows the people or companies listed on it to do the work. You cannot lend your permit to someone else. If you change who does the work, you must ask for approval and pay a fee.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Designation of person, contractor, or subcontractor
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.
who will do work. (a) No permit issued shall authorize any person or contractor to work upon any phase of a building, structure, or project unless they have been specifically identified in the permit application, including any attachment or amendments thereto, as the contractor or subcontractor designated to do that particular phase of work. (b) No permit shall be loaned to another by the person to whom it was issued. (c) If subsequent to the issuance of a permit, a homeowner either ceases to employ the owner-builder exemption and engages a contractor for any phase of work, or there is a change in the designation of any contractor for any phase of work, the permit holder shall file a written request to the authority having jurisdiction for approval of these changes. The request shall include: the change in designation; a revised declaration form for each contractor or subcontractor engaged to do electrical or plumbing work upon the building, structure, or project; and a non-refundable fee of $100. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2.) 5-5-3
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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