ROH §42-5.4

City workers are not personally liable for official actions

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗

This section protects city department workers from being sued or charged with a crime for actions they take as part of their job under this chapter. It means they are not personally responsible for those official acts.

employees

The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Nonliability of department personnel

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.

No member, employee, or officer of the department shall be civilly or criminally liable or responsible under this chapter for any acts done under this chapter in the performance of their duties as a member, an officer, or an employee of the city.

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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