Sign Regulations in Hawaii (2026)
14 rules on the books across Hawaii, 3 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Political Signs
Rules for posting political campaign signs on your property, including size limits, how early you can put them up, and when they must come down.
Hawaii: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsHawaii's billboard ban (HRS 264-72) does not list political signs among its exemptions. Campaign signs are instead…
Read full rule →Hawaii County
Some RestrictionsHawai'i County Sign Code (HCC Chapter 3) allows temporary, unlighted signs relating to a meeting, special event or…
Read full rule →Maui County
Light RestrictionsMaui County's sign-waving ordinance, adopted because election-season crowds on roadsides create safety hazards, bars…
Read full rule →Honolulu County
Few RestrictionsHonolulu exempts political campaign signs from the Land Use Ordinance's sign-permit system entirely: ROH §…
Read full rule →Garage Sale Signs
Where you can place signs advertising a garage or yard sale, including restrictions on utility poles, medians, and public right-of-way.
Hawaii: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsHawaii's statewide billboard ban under HRS 264-72 prohibits commercial signs visible from state highways, including…
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Significant RestrictionsOahu law treats any garage-sale sign posted in a street right-of-way, on a medial strip, or on a public mall as an…
Read full rule →Hawaii County
Some RestrictionsGarage-sale signs qualify as temporary signs under Hawai'i County's Sign Code (HCC Ch. 3). They are allowed in all…
Read full rule →Maui County
Light RestrictionsInside Maui County's Wailuku Redevelopment Area, the zoning code bars merchandising displays and structures from…
Read full rule →Digital Billboards
Rules governing digital and electronic billboards, including size limits, brightness and dwell-time standards, and the ongoing legal fight in cities like LA.
Hawaii County
Heavy RestrictionsHawaii County Code Section 3-7 bans billboards, automated signs with changeable commercial messages, and flashing signs…
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Heavy RestrictionsHonolulu's sign code classifies any electronic programmable message sign, digital display, plasma or LED sign, or…
Read full rule →Maui County
Heavy RestrictionsMaui County effectively bars digital and animated billboards. The Commercial Signs chapter prohibits any sign that…
Read full rule →Window Signs
Limits on the percentage of window area that may be covered by signs in storefronts, including transparency rules for safety visibility into businesses.
Hawaii County
Some RestrictionsIn commercial and industrial districts, Hawaii County Code Section 3-11(7) caps window signs at 25 percent of a…
Read full rule →Maui County
Some RestrictionsMaui County caps window signs at fifty percent of available window area. The Commercial Signs chapter defines a window…
Read full rule →Honolulu County
Light RestrictionsHonolulu doesn't count a store's window display as a regulated "sign" at all, so it skips the Land Use Ordinance's…
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