KCC §16-3A.3
Police can redirect traffic onto private property during emergencies
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗During an emergency, the police chief can send cars and people onto private land to move them away from danger. The chief must tell the property owner first, by phone or in person, and then follow up in writing.
landowners
The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Authority of Chief of Police
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Kauaʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
In the times of an emergency the Chief of Police may divert vehicles, pedestrians, or both, onto private real property for the purpose of accommodating the movement of people and vehicles away from an emergency area. The Chief of Police shall immediately notify the owner or owners or its agents, orally, prior to the diversion of vehicles and/or pedestrian onto his or her property, followed with a written notice of said diversion.
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