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KCC §8-17.9

Registering All Short-Term Vacation Rentals

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This section requires all single-family vacation rentals in Visitor Destination Areas to register with the county finance director. Rentals that existed before a certain date must register within a deadline, and new ones must register before they start operating. Rentals outside these areas need a special certificate.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Registration of All Transient Vacation Rentals

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.

All single family transient vacation rentals, excluding, however, a time share unit in a time share plan subject to Chapter 514E of the Hawai'i Revised Statutes, as amended, lawfully existing in Visitor Destination Areas on March 7, 2008 shall register with the Director of Finance on a form prescribed by the Director of Finance no later than 180 days after March 7, 2008. Any new single family transient vacation rental, excludes, however, a time share unit in a time share plan subject to Chapter 514E of the Hawai'i Revised Statutes, as amended, established in Visitor Destination Areas subsequent to March 7, 2008 shall register with the Director of Finance prior to any such use of said rental. All single family transient vacation rental uses will be subject to Kaua'i County Code Title III, Chapter 5A.No single family transient vacation rental shall operate outside a Visitor Destination Area without a Nonconforming Use Certificate obtained under Sec. 8-13.10.
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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