[PART I. VEHICLES ABANDONED ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY

§290-1 Disposition by counties of certain abandoned vehicles. (a) The counties may cause vehicles to be taken into custody and disposed of, which have been abandoned. A vehicle is "abandoned", for the purposes of this subsection, if it is defined to be abandoned by an ordinance of the county in which the vehicle is located; in the absence of such an ordinance, a vehicle is "abandoned" if it is left unattended for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours and it is unlawfully parked on any public highway or other public property. The mayors of the several counties may designate an agency within their counties to carry out the functions and requirements of this section. The term "agency" means any office, department, or other governmental unit of the county.

(b) The housing and community development corporation of Hawaii may cause vehicles which have been abandoned on any property owned, managed, or administered by the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii, to be taken into custody and disposed of. A vehicle is "abandoned", for the purposes of this subsection, if it is left unattended for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours after a notice is conspicuously posted on the vehicle that the vehicle is subject to disposal pursuant to this subsection. [L 1949, c 194, pt of §1; RL 1955, pt of §138-32; am L 1967, c 267, pt of §1; HRS §290-1; am L 1984, c 261, §1; am L 1992, c 238, §1; am L 1997, c 350, §14]