ROH §13-19.3
City can take your stuff left on public property
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗You cannot leave your personal things on public property. If you do, the city can take them. If your things block or endanger people, the city can take them right away. Otherwise, the city must give you a written notice and wait 24 hours before taking them.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Stored property - Impoundment
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) No person shall store personal property on public property. All stored personal property may be impounded by the city. In the event personal property placed on public property interferes with the safe or orderly management of the premises or poses a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the public, it may be impounded at any time by the city.
(b) Personal property placed on public property shall be stored personal property if it has not been removed from public property within 24 hours of service of the written notice required by § 13-19.4 , which requires such removal, and the city may cause the removal and impoundment of such stored personal property; provided that moving the personal property to another location on public property shall not be considered to be removing the personal property from public property; and provided further, that this section shall not apply to personal property that, pursuant to statute, ordinance, permit, regulation, or other authorization by the city or State, is placed on property that is owned or controlled by the city.
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