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KCC §22-4.3

Rules for selling or giving pellet guns to minors

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This section makes it illegal for dealers and other people to sell, lend, rent, give, or transfer a pellet gun to anyone under 18. Dealers must check the buyer's age. There is an exception for parents, guardians, and adult instructors giving pellet guns to minors in their care.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Restrictions on Sale, Rental, Gift or Other Transfer

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.

It shall be unlawful for any dealer to sell, lend, rent, give or otherwise transfer a pellet gun to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years where the dealer knows or has reasonable cause to believe the person to be under eighteen (18) years of age or where the dealer has failed to make reasonable inquiry relative to the age of that person and the person is under eighteen (18) years of age.It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, lend, rent, give or otherwise transfer any pellet gun to any person under eighteen (18) years of age, except where the relationship of parent and child, guardian and ward, or adult instructor and pupil exists between the person and the person under eighteen (18) years of age.
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

The County of Kauaʻi publishes this code through eCode360 and states that it is provided for information only and should not be considered the official version of the Code.

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