ROH §40-5.2
Rules for selling and using graffiti tools
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This law makes it illegal to sell or give graffiti tools to minors, and illegal for minors to buy, carry, or use them in most cases. Adults like parents, guardians, employers, teachers, or authorized supervisors can provide or supervise use. Minors need property owner permission to use them.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Restrictions on sale and use
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) It is unlawful for any person to sell, give away, or in any way furnish any graffiti implement to any minor; provided that any graffiti implement may be sold, given away, or furnished to a minor by an adult parent, legal guardian, employer, or teacher of the minor, or another adult authorized by a parent or legal guardian to supervise the minor.
(b) It is unlawful for a minor to purchase or otherwise acquire any graffiti implement; provided that the acquisition, whether by purchase or other means, of any graffiti implement shall not be prohibited when it is acquired from an adult parent, legal guardian, employer, or teacher of the minor, or by another adult authorized by a parent or legal guardian to supervise the minor.
(c) It is unlawful for a minor to possess, have under the minor’s control, or use any graffiti implement while on public or private property without the express permission of the owner, lessee, or manager of the property; provided that a minor may possess, have under the minor’s control or use any graffiti implement in the immediate presence and under the supervision of an adult parent, legal guardian, employer, or teacher of the minor or of another adult authorized by a parent or legal guardian to supervise the minor.
Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.
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