KCC §6-13.2

County can charge for rescue if you ignored safety warnings

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If the County has to search for or rescue you, it can ask you to pay for the costs. But it can only charge you if your own actions caused the need for rescue, like deliberately ignoring a warning. The County can also seek payment from your estate, guardians, or anyone responsible for putting you in danger.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Intentional Disregard for Safety

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.

Whenever the County engages in a search or rescue operation for the purpose of searching for or rescuing a person, and incurs search and rescue expenses therein, the County may seek reimbursement from the following:The person on whose behalf search or rescue operations were conducted, including the person's estate, guardians, custodians, or other entity responsible for the person's safety;A person who ultimately benefited from a search or rescue operation by being rescued; orAny entity responsible for placing the person in the position of danger for which the search or rescue operation was initiated.Reimbursement under Subsection (a) shall be allowed only if the need for search or rescue was caused by any act or omission by the person searched for or rescued, constituting intentional disregard for the person's safety, including, but not limited to, intentionally disregarding a warning or notice.

Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

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