HCC §5-8-3
How to ask for a building inspection
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains how a person doing permitted construction work must ask for an inspection. It says when to file the request, how to file it, and what the inspection office must do after receiving it. It also says the worker must make sure the work passes tests before asking for inspection.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Requests for inspection
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) Whenever any work regulated by the construction code, or any portion thereof, is ready for inspection, the person doing the work authorized by the permit shall file a request for inspection with the authority having jurisdiction. The request for inspection may be filed in writing via forms furnished by the authority having jurisdiction, in-person delivery, online, or facsimile transmittal. Alternatively, a request for inspection may be communicated by telephone, if allowed by the authority having jurisdiction. (b) It shall be the duty of the person doing the work authorized by the permit, to make sure that the work will stand the tests prescribed elsewhere in the construction code, before filing a request for inspection. (c) The request for inspection shall be filed with the authority having jurisdiction not less than two working days and not more than three working days before any such inspection is desired. 5-35 SUPP. 9 (1-2021) (d) Within two working days after receipt of such request, not including weekends or holidays, the authority having jurisdiction shall either proceed with the inspection or arrange with the contractor to reschedule the inspection for a later date. This rescheduled inspection may take place beyond two working days after receipt of the request for inspection. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2.) 5-8-3
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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