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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 444-9 (2026)

  Licenses required

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     §444-9  Licenses required.  No person within the purview of this chapter shall act, or assume to act, or advertise, as general engineering contractor, general building contractor, or specialty contractor without a license previously obtained under and in compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations of the contractors license board. [L 1957, c 305, §1(s 8); Supp, §166A-8; HRS §444-9]

 

Case Notes

 

  Pursuant to this section, a general engineering or building contractor is prohibited from doing any work that would require it to act as a specialty contractor in an area the general contractor was not licensed to operate; where project required plumbing work classified as C-37 specialty work, general contractor, which did not hold a C-37 specialty license, could not do work in that area; court thus erred in holding that project did not require work in the C-37 classification and that general contractor did not have to engage a specialty contractor holding a C-37 specialty license.  97 H. 450, 40 P.3d 73 (2002).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1971–2025 · leading case: Okada Trucking Co. v. Bd. of Water Supply, 40 P.3d 73 (Haw. 2002).
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Okada Trucking Co. v. Bd. of Water Supply, 40 P.3d 73 (Haw. 2002). · cites it 6× “However, pursuant to HRS § 444-9 (1993), “[n]o person within the purview of [HRS ch.”
Okada Trucking Co. v. Bd. of Water Supply, 53 P.3d 799 (Haw. 2002). · cites it 4× “On January 28, 2002, we vacated the ICA’s opinion and held, in relevant part, that, pursuant to HRS § 444-9 (1993), 6 “a general engineering or building contractor is prohibited from undertaking any work, solely or as part of a larger project, that would require it to act as a…”
Nihi Lewa, Inc. v. Dep't of Budget & Fiscal Servs., 80 P.3d 984 (Haw. 2003). · cites it 8× “The letter was sent via certified mail, return receipt requested, and the envelope was postmarked November 29, 1999.”
Dist. Council 50 of the Int'l Union of Painters & Allied Trades v. Lopez., 298 P.3d 1045 (Haw. 2013). · cites it 10× “” 10 Petitioners’ argument was based on their interpretation of HRS §§ 444-9 (1993) and 444-8(c) (1993), and our opinion in Okada Trucking, 97 Hawai'i 450 , 40 P.”
Wagner v. World Botanical Gardens, Inc., 268 P.3d 443 (Haw. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “HRS § 444-9 (1993 Repl.) requires that persons within the purview of HRS Chapter 444 be licensed.”
Jones v. Phillipson, 987 P.2d 1015 (Haw. App. 1999). · cites it 3× “Preliminarily, we observe that the definition of “contractor” in HRS § 444-9 provides that one may not “act, or assume to act, or advertise, as [a contractor] without a license previously obtained under and in compliance with this chapter[.”
Anamizu v. City of Honolulu, 481 P.2d 116 (Haw. 1971). · cites it 2× “1 HRS § 444-9. 2 HRS § 444-4 states In relevant part that the contractors license board shall: (2) Make, amend, or repeal such rules and regulations as it may deem proper fully to effectuate this chapter and carry out the purpose thereof which purpose is the protection of the…”
G. J. Hawaii, Ltd. v. Waipouli Dev. Co., 560 P.2d 490 (Haw. 1977). · cites it 2× “” HRS § 444-9 provides: “Licenses required.”
Tinguely Dev., Inc. v. Markiewicz (Haw. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “3/ HRS § 444-9 (2013) states: Licenses required.”
Dist. Council 50, of the Int'l Union of Painters & Allied Trades v. Saito, 216 P.3d 108 (Haw. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “Rather, Chapter 444 vests in the CLB the authority to “[ejnforce this chapter and rules adopted pursuant thereto” and to “[sjuspend or revoke any license for any cause prescribed by this chapter, or for any violation of the rules, and [to] refuse to grant, renew, restore, or…”
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