Drone Rules in Kitsap County, WA (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Kitsap County, Washington.
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Commercial Drones
Commercial drone operators, such as delivery or merchandise-transport ventures, may fly within Kitsap's military installation protection overlay areas only after obtaining a two-year blanket exemption requiring a valid Washington business license and FAA registration; the county does not otherwise license commercial drone flights outside those zones.
Kitsap County Commercial Drone Blanket Exemption
Significant RestrictionsKitsap County Code § 10.62.040(B)(2)
2. Blanket Exemption. A blanket exemption shall allow the launching and landing of UAS for goods or merchandise transport by a business or commercial venture with a valid Washington State business license and an approved FAA registration within a military installation protection overlay area for a period of up to two years. Blanket exemptions may be renewed for additional two-year periods begin...
Airport Proximity Rules
No one may launch or land a civil drone, including FAA-classified model aircraft, within the 3,000-foot military installation protection overlay area surrounding Naval Base Kitsap's Bangor, Bremerton, Keyport, and Manchester sites and the Bremerton naval hospital, absent a county exemption or FAA/Navy on-base approval.
Kitsap County Drone Rules Near Naval Bases
Significant RestrictionsKitsap County Code § 10.62.030
No person shall launch or land any civil unmanned aircraft system, including those classified by the FAA as model aircraft, within military installation protection overlay areas. The specific boundaries of such overlay areas are shown below (subsections (A) through (E) of this section). These prohibitions apply to the areas in the military installation protection overlay areas and do not apply ...
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