ROH §13-4.2
Who can enforce litter and garbage rules
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section explains who can enforce the litter rules. Enforcement officers can give tickets and investigate litter on public roads. Inspectors can check private property and remove illegal signs. Anyone who sees littering can report it to an officer.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Enforcement authority
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) Any enforcement officer is authorized to:
(1) Issue a written citation pursuant to § 13-4.6 (a) if such enforcement officer witnesses a violation, receives a report from a private citizen witnessing a violation or has probable cause to believe that a person has violated this article;
(2) Investigate any litter and household garbage found thrown, deposited, or dumped on a street, roadside, alley, or highway to find any personal identification contained therein; and
(3) Issue a written citation pursuant to § 13-4.6 (a) for violations of this article.
(b) Any inspector is authorized to:
(1) Investigate any litter and household garbage found thrown, deposited, or dumped on private property, and any notice, poster, or other paper or device, posted, affixed, or displayed on any lamppost, public utility pole or shade tree, or upon any public structure or building; and
(2) Issue a notice of violation pursuant to § 13-4.6 (b) or remove and dispose of any notice, poster, or other paper or device posted, affixed or displayed in apparent violation of § 13-4.4 (a)(7).
(c) Any person who witnesses the throwing, dropping, placing, dumping, or depositing of litter in violation of this chapter, including the throwing of litter from a vehicle, may report the date, time of day, and location of the littering and, in the case of littering from a vehicle, the license number of the vehicle, to any enforcement officer. The license number, as recorded, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the littering reported to have been done from a vehicle was done by the person to whom the vehicle is registered.
(d) In the case of a notice, poster, or other paper or device displayed in violation of § 13-4.4 (a)(7), which advertises an event, establishment, or business, the device displayed shall constitute prima facie evidence in a civil proceeding that it is being displayed by any person owning the establishment or business or organizing the event.
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