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KCC §22-22.6

How to challenge a false alarm finding

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If a police officer says your alarm was false, you can ask the Alarm System Coordinator to review that decision. You must ask in writing within 10 days of getting the notice. The Coordinator will decide and mail you the answer within 7 days.

The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Review of False Alarm Determinations

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.

The Alarm System Coordinator shall, upon request from a permit holder, review the determination by a responding Police Officer that an alarm was false. The review shall be conducted by the Alarm System Coordinator only if the permit holder requests the review in writing within ten (10) days of the date on which the false alarm determination was mailed to or received by the permit holder. The written request for review of a false alarm determination shall include the following information:The permit holder's name and mailing address;Address of the premises at which the alarm system is installed;The date of the alarm being contested;The permit number for the alarm system; andThe basis for the request for review.The Alarm System Coordinator shall make a determination on the permit holder's request for review and shall, within seven (7) days thereafter, mail written notice of the Coordinator's determination to the permit holder at the address supplied in the request for review.
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

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