Department of Public Works Building Division Building permit placards can be printed from home

Department of Public Works Building Division
Building permit placards can be printed from home
DPW Building Division is pleased to announce that issued permit placards are now available to
print from the convenience of the applicant’s home or place of business.
Applicants are no longer required to pick up their permit placard from the Building Division
offices in Kona and Hilo.
Applicants may access their permit placard upon issuance by logging into their EPIC account
and viewing the “Attachments” tab of their permit.
Per Section 5-5-2 of the Hawaii County Code, Work requiring a permit shall not be commenced
until the permit holder or their agent shall have posted the permit in a conspicuous place on
the job site. The permit shall be readily visible for the authority having jurisdiction to identify
and make all required inspections. The permit shall remain posted in a conspicuous place on
the job site until the work has passed a final inspection by the authority having jurisdiction.
Failure to comply with this provision shall subject the violator to a $100 fine.
Applicants remain able to have their permit placard printed at the Building Division offices and
are highly encouraged to schedule a time to pick up their permit placard via the EPIC Request
Assistance form available online.
Any questions can be addressed to DPW Information and Education Specialist, Sherise Kana’eKāne at sherise.kanae-kane@hawaiicounty.gov or 808-961-8499