Kauai County, HI Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Section 16-20.2 of the Kaua'i Traffic Code, Article 20, governs both funeral processions and parades on County roadways. Subsection (b) is the operative permit requirement: no parade or other procession, aside from United States military forces, State of Hawai'i military forces, and forces of the Police and Fire Departments, may occupy, march or proceed along any roadway except under a permit issued by the Chief of Police and any conditions the Chief attaches under the Section. Separately, subsection (a) protects processions already moving under police escort: no driver may cut between vehicles in a funeral or other authorized procession while it is in motion, and once the lead vehicle has entered a signal-controlled intersection, all other traffic must yield until the entire procession clears it, even against the light.

Subsection (c) requires a funeral procession to be marked with an eight-by-four-inch black or violet banner reading 'Funeral' on the vehicle behind the hearse and on the last vehicle, plus a flashing amber light of at least six inches diameter on the hearse itself, with every driver in the procession running headlights for identification. The section was last amended by Ord. No. 767 in May 2001. Kaua'i police enforce it, and a general Chapter 16 violation is punishable under § 16-21.6 through the district court under Hawai'i Revised Statutes Chapter 291D.