ROH §18-5.2
Keeping approved building plans on site
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗The building official must keep one set of approved plans and related documents for at least 90 days after the work is done. One set of approved plans goes back to the applicant, who must keep it at the work site while work is happening.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Retention of plans
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.
One set of approved plans, specifications, and computations shall be retained by the building official for a period of not less than 90 days from date of completion of the work covered therein, and one set of approved plans shall be returned to the applicant, and the set shall be kept on the site of the building or work at all times during which the work authorized thereby is in progress.
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