ROH §18-5.7
City not responsible for permit-related injuries
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗A permit does not protect the person doing the work from being responsible for injuries or deaths caused by defects in the work. The city and its workers are not liable for such injuries just because they issued the permit, inspected the work, or approved it.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Nonliability of city for damages
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.
Any permit issued under this chapter shall not be construed to relieve any person doing any work authorized under any permit issued under this chapter from liability for damages for any injury or death to anyone caused by any defect in such work or performing such work; nor shall the city, including its officers and employees or any other agents of the city, be held liable for such injury or death by reason of the issuance of any permit under this chapter, or the performance of any inspection by the city or the issuance of a certificate certifying that such work has been inspected and approved by the city.
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