Hawaii Administrative Code

The purpose of this chapter is to control public activities on unencumbered public lands. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-1 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS § 171-6)

No person shall land aircraft, as defined in section 261-1, HRS, including airplanes, airships, balloons, gliders, hang gliders, helicopters, parachutes, dirigibles, and other similar means of conveyance, within the premises except with the written permission of the board or its …

(a) No person shall enter the premises with dogs, cats, and other animals unless they are crated, caged, or on a leash, or otherwise under physical restrictive control at all times. This section shall not apply to seeing-eye dogs accompanying their masters. (b) No person shall en…

No person shall appropriate, damage, remove, excavate, disfigure, deface, or destroy objects of antiquity, prehistoric ruins, and monuments within the premises; provided, the board or its authorized representative may permit qualified persons or institutions to examine ruins, exc…

(a) No person shall operate or use any audio devices including, but not limited to radios, tape recorders, television sets, musical instruments, compact disc players, and noise producing devices such as electric generating plants or other equipment driven by motors or engines, in…

No person shall operate, leave unattended, beach, park, or moor vessels, as defined in section 267-3, HRS, including but not limited to boats, motorboats, houseboats, rowboats, powerboats, jet skis, sailboats, fishing boats, towboats, scows, flatboats, cruisers, motor vessels, sh…

No person shall camp or use recreational trailers or other camper units on the premises, except with the prior written authorization of the board or its authorized representative. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-15 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS § 171-6)

No person shall engage in disorderly conduct as defined in the State Penal Code, section 711-1101, HRS, within the premises. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-16 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS § 171-6, 711-1101)

No person shall use or possess fireworks, firecrackers, and other explosive devices within the premises except with the written permission of the board or its authorized representative and subject to federal, state and county laws and rules. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-17 [Eff FE…

No person shall give a false or fictitious report or information to any authorized representative investigating an accident or any violation of law or administrative rules. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-18 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS § 171-6)

The use or possession by any person of air guns, pellet guns, firearms, traps, other weapons, or other implements designed to discharge missiles shall be subject to all federal, state, and county laws and rules. Firearms and other weapons shall be unloaded when transported throug…

As used in this chapter: "Abandoned property" means any and all property, including personal property, items, materials, equipment, fixtures, motor vehicles, or watercraft, left unattended for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours without the permission of the board …

(a) Fires are permitted only: (1) In locations, including backcountry, wilderness and remote sections of the premises when a written permit has been secured from the board or its authorized representative; (2) On portions of the premises that may be designated by the board or its…

Unless specifically restricted by this Chapter, or by any law or rules, a person may fish or take mollusks and crustaceans within the premises subject to all federal, state, and county laws and rules. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-21 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS …

No person shall gamble in any form or operate gambling devices within the premises. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-22 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS § 171-6)

No person shall destroy, disturb, or mutilate any geological features or dig, or remove sand, earth, gravel, minerals, rocks, fossils, coral or any other substance on the premises. No person shall excavate or quarry any stone, or lay, set, or cause any blast or explosion, or assi…

No person shall use or possess narcotics, alcohol, or drugs within the premises without the written permission of the board or its authorized representative. No person shall enter or remain within the premises when manifestly under the influence of alcohol, narcotics, or drugs. N…

Any person finding lost articles shall deposit them at the nearest police station, leaving the person's name and address. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-25 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS § 171-6)

(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on the premises except on roads, trails, or tracks designated or provided for vehicular use. (b) No person shall park or leave unattended a motor vehicle which blocks or prohibits entry onto any road, trail, track, or beach access on the …

No person shall operate or use within the premises a portable motor driven electric generating plant, pump, or any other equipment driven by a portable engine or motor without the written permission from the board or its authorized representative. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-27 […

(a) No person shall destroy, deface, or remove any natural feature or natural resource within the premises. (b) No person shall intentionally or recklessly destroy, injure, deface, remove, disturb, or possess, in any manner, any public building, sign, equipment, monument, marker,…

All incidents resulting in injury or death to persons or damage to property shall be reported by the person or persons involved as soon as possible to the board or its authorized representative. This report shall not relieve persons from the responsibility of making any other acc…

Any person violating this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise provided shall be fined not more than $500 per day and shall be liable for administrative costs and damages incurred by the department. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-3 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp:…

(a) All persons shall dispose of garbage, papers, trash, refuse, waste materials, and rubbish of any kind only at places designated for their disposal or removed from the area. No person shall remove refuse or garbage from refuse containers and remove or relocate these containers…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-31 Eff FEB 06 1988 DEC 09 2002

(a) A person may swim or bathe on the premises except in waters and at times where these activities are prohibited in the interest of public health or safety. These waters shall be designated by the posting of appropriate signs. (b) No person shall use flotation devices within de…

No person shall tamper or attempt to tamper with any vehicle, vessel, or other equipment, or enter or go upon, move, or manipulate any of the parts or components of any vehicle, vessel, or other equipment, or start or set the same in motion, except when it is under one's lawful p…

No person shall molest, disturb, injure, trap, take, catch, possess, poison, or kill any wild bird or mammal, or disturb their habitat within the premises, except when otherwise authorized by all applicable federal, state and county laws and rules. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-34 …

Notes Haw. Code R. §§ 13-221-35 to 13-221-44

The board or its authorized representative may establish a reasonable schedule of visiting hours for all or portions of the premises and close or restrict the public use of all or any portion thereof, when necessary for the protection of the area or for the safety and welfare of …

No person shall display, post, or distribute notices or advertisements except with the prior written permission of the board or its authorized representative. Permission may be granted only if the notice or the advertisement relates to services, goods, or facilities, available wi…

No person shall solicit any business except in accordance with a permit, contract, license, lease, concession, or other written agreement with the board or its authorized representative. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-46 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS § 171-6)…

Before any motion picture may be filmed or any television production or sound tract be made, which involves the use of professional casts, settings, or crews, by any person other than bonafide newsreel or television news personnel, a person shall obtain a written permit from the …

No person shall install any monument, memorial, tablet, or other commemorative installation in areas within the premises without written permission of the board or its authorized representative. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-48 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS § 171-…

Notes Haw. Code R. §§ 13-221-49 to 12-221-55

The board or its authorized representative may issue permits governing the use of public facilities or areas within the premises. Notes Haw. Code R. § 13-221-5 [Eff FEB 06 1988] (Auth: HRS § 171-6) (Imp: HRS § 171-6)

Notes Haw. Code R. §§ 13-221-6 to 13-221-8

(a) No person shall abandon motor vehicles or other property within the premises. All such property may be confiscated or impounded by the board or its authorized representative. In the event vehicles or other property left unattended should interfere with the safe or orderly man…

The purpose of these rules is to standardize the application procedure for shoreline certifications for purposes of implementing the shoreline setback law and other related laws. These rules shall be applicable to all real properties within the State of Hawaii which border the oc…

(a) The state land surveyor shall review the map, using the photographs, other documents and information provided by the applicant, and the state land surveyor's knowledge of the affected area to determine the shoreline. (b) The state land surveyor may make or cause to be made a …

(a) Certification of the shoreline shall be valid for a period no longer than twelve months from the date of certification, except where the shoreline is fixed by artificial structures which have been approved by appropriate government agencies and for which engineering drawings …

(a) The department shall cause public notices of the receipt of an application for and a proposed certification or rejection of the shoreline. Public notices will be made in the Environmental Notice, a semi-monthly publication of the Office of Environmental Quality Control, State…

Notes Haw. Code R. §§ 13-222-13 to 13-222-15

(a) The shoreline and the legal seaward boundary of the property shall be properly located, and marked, by instrument survey by a land surveyor licensed in accordance with chapter 464, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended. (b) The licensed land surveyor shall utilize the following…

The map to be submitted for shoreline certification shall be prepared utilizing the following criteria in addition to those listed in § 13-222-16: (1) When the shoreline includes a river or stream, a straight line joining the marked sides of the river or stream shall indicate the…

(a) In cases where the shoreline has been lost due to subsidence due to earthquake, or storm or tidal waves, the property owner may apply to the department to certify the shoreline at or near the location which existed immediately prior to the event that resulted in the property …

The chairperson shall not certify the shoreline in cases where an unauthorized improvement encroaches upon state land or where an unauthorized improvement interferes with the natural shoreline processes. The property owner shall first resolve the encroachment or violation problem…