TITLE 17. MOTOR AND OTHER
VEHICLES
Chapter
286 Highway Safety
286A Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact--Repealed
286C Driver License Compact
286G Driver Education and Training Fund
287 Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act
288 Common Carriers, Compulsory Insurance
289 Used Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories
290 Abandoned Vehicles
291 Traffic Violations
291A Nonresident Violator Compact
291C Statewide Traffic Code
291D Adjudication of Infractions
291E Use of Intoxicants While Operating a Vehicle
291J Photo Red Light Imaging Detector Systems
291L Automated Speed Enforcement Systems
292 Odometer Accuracy and Record Maintenance--Repealed
293 Bicycles
294 Motor Vehicle Accident Reparations--Repealed
CHAPTER 286
HIGHWAY SAFETY
Part I. General Provisions
Section
286-1 Short title
286-2 Definitions
286-3 Powers and duties of the governor
286-4 Repealed
286-4.1 Medical advisory board
286-5 State highway safety and modernization council
286-6 County traffic or highway safety councils
286-7 County highway safety programs
286-7.5 Vision Zero
286-8 Rules and regulations
286-9 Facilities for physically handicapped persons
286-10 Arrest or citation
286-11 Repealed
286-12 All-terrain vehicle; utility-terrain vehicle;
permitted use
Part IA. Motor Vehicle Regulation
286-16 Powers and duties
286-17 Enforcement
286-18 Rules
Part II. Inspection of Vehicles and Mopeds
286-21 Vehicles and mopeds without required equipment or in
unsafe condition
286-22 Inspection by officers of the police department
286-23 Responsibility for compliance
286-24 Registered owner's responsibility; registration
plates as prima facie evidence as to the fault of
the registered owner
286-25 Operation of a vehicle or moped without a certificate
of inspection
286-26 Certificates of inspection
286-26.5 Special interest vehicles
286-27 Permits to operate official inspection stations
286-28 Fines
286-29 Improper representation as official
inspection station
286-30 False certificates
286-31 Vehicle inspector; certification; renewal
Part III. Registration of Vehicles
286-41 Application for registration; full faith and
credit to current certificates; this part not
applicable to certain equipment
286-42 County finance director's duties
286-43 Defacing serial numbers, etc., of motor vehicles
286-44 Unlawful to possess certain motor vehicles,
parts, etc.; forfeiture
286-44.5 Salvage certificate
286-45 Records of county finance director
286-46 Tax lien and encumbrance record
286-47 Certificate of registration; certificate of
ownership; containers
286-47.2 Certificate of trailer registration
286-47.5 Notice of change of address or name; penalty
286-48 Certificates of ownership of salvaged motor vehicles
286-49 Registration of vehicles under two or more names
286-50 Registration of vehicle located outside State;
correction of errors; fee for correcting errors
286-51 Registration, expense
286-51.5 Junking of nonrepairable vehicle
286-52 Procedure when title or interest of vehicle
transferred; delivery of certificate mandatory
286-52.4 Terminal rental adjustment clause; vehicle leases
286-52.5 Procedure when registration of a trailer transferred
286-53 Dealers in new motor vehicles
286-53.1 Boat dealers; trailers without plates
286-53.5 Permanent registration of fleet vehicles
286-53.6 Fleet vehicles, fees
286-54 Out-of-state vehicle permit
286-55 Certificates lost or mutilated
286-56 Official cars
286-56.5 Special license plates for consul or official
representative of foreign or territorial government
286-57 Unlawful removal of motor vehicles from State
286-58 Appeal from finance director's decision
286-59 Appeal; procedure
286-60 Rules of procedure; costs; appeal
286-61 Penalty
286-62 Special license plates authorized
286-63 Shape, size and color of plates; how affixed
286-64 Regulation plates to be surrendered
286-65 Surrender, transfer, and disposal of special plates
286-66 Director in charge
286-67 Fees
286-68 Interpretation of part
286-69 Penalty
286-71 Autocycles
Part IV. Safety Equipment
286-81 Motorcycle, motor scooter, moped, etc.; protective
devices
286-81.5 Leased or rented moped or motor scooter; flag
required
286-82 Penalty
286-83 Sales of motor vehicle equipment; approval
and identification required; prohibitions on use
286-84 Revocation of approval
286-85 Reconstructed vehicles, approval required
286-86 Counterfeit air bags
Part V. Driver Training School and Driving
Instructors--Repealed
286-91 to 97 Repealed
Part VI. Motor Vehicle Driver Licensing
286-101 Designation of examiner of drivers
286-101.5 Reciprocal licensing privileges
286-102 Licensing
286-102.3 Commercial drivers under the age of twenty-one
286-102.5 Military Selective Service Act; Selective Service
System registration
286-102.6 Provisional license for persons under the age
of eighteen
286-103 Restrictions on driver's license; rules and
regulations
286-104 Which persons shall not be licensed
286-104.5 Limited purpose driver's license, limited purpose
provisional driver's license, and limited purpose
instruction permits
286-105 What persons are exempt from license
286-106 Expiration of licenses
286-106.5 Expiration of licenses; out-of-country active
duty military personnel and dependents
286-107 License renewals; procedures and requirements
286-107.5 Reactivation of expired license; fees; road test
waived
286-108 Examination of applicants
286-108.4 Driver education and behind-the-wheel driver
training program
286-108.5 Repealed
286-109 General provision governing the issuance of licenses
286-109.4 Designation of advance health-care directive
286-109.5 Designation of anatomical gift
286-109.6 Limited access to driver's license anatomical gift
data
286-109.7 Organ and tissue education fee
286-110 Instruction permits
286-111 Application for license, provisional license,
instruction permit, limited purpose driver's license,
limited purpose provisional driver's license, or
limited purpose instruction permit; fees
286-111.5 Voter registration
286-112 Application of minors; liability of parents or
guardian
286-113 Release from liability
286-114 Revocation of license, provisional license, or
instruction permit upon death of person
signing minor's application
286-115 Repealed
286-116 License, insurance identification card, possession,
exhibition
286-116.5 Notice of change of address or name; penalty
286-117 Duplicate permits, provisional licenses, and
licenses
286-118 Records to be kept by the examiner of drivers
286-118.5 License revoked for operating a vehicle under the
influence of an intoxicant; eligibility for license
renewal
286-119 Authority of examiner of drivers to suspend
or revoke licenses
286-120 Authority of examiner of drivers to cancel licenses
286-121 Suspending or revoking privileges of nonresident and
reporting convictions, suspensions, and revocations
286-122 Suspension of a license; surrender
286-123 Record of conviction forwarded to examiner of
drivers
286-124 Mandatory revocation of license by a court
286-125 Discretionary revocation or suspension of license by
a court
286-126 Period of suspension or revocation
286-127 Repealed
286-128 Evaluation of nonresident driving privileges;
reports of outside convictions; reports of
convictions by courts-martial or United States
commissioners
286-129 Appeal to circuit court
286-130 No operation under foreign license during revocation
or suspension in this State
286-131 Unlawful use of license
286-132 Driving while license suspended or revoked
286-133 Unlawful to permit unauthorized person to drive
286-134 Employing unlicensed driver
286-135 Renting motor vehicle to another
286-136 Penalty
286-137 District courts to keep records
286-138 Prohibiting "fixing" of tickets and providing
penalties therefor; nolle prosequi by prosecuting
attorney only by motion and approval of court
286-139 Preferred insurance rate
286-140 Repealed
Part VII. Alcohol, Drugs, and Highway Safety--Repealed
286-151 to 163 Repealed
Part VIII. Traffic Records
286-171 Statewide traffic records system
286-172 Furnishing of information
Part IX. Pupil Transportation
286-181 Pupil transportation safety
Part X. Miscellaneous Provisions--Repealed
286-191 Repealed
Part XI. Motor Carrier Safety Law
286-201 Definitions
286-202 General duties and powers of the director
286-202.5 Driver improvement program
286-202.6 Marking of motor carrier vehicles
286-202.8 Mudguards; protective devices
286-203 Enforcement
286-204 Accounts, records, and reports
286-204.5 Vehicle identification card
286-205 Reports as evidence
286-206 Penalty
286-207 Exemptions, certain vehicles
286-208 Repealed
286-209 Safety inspection of motor carrier vehicles
286-210 Operation of a motor carrier vehicle
without a safety inspection decal
286-211 Permits to operate official inspection stations
286-212 Suspension or revocation of permits
286-213 Improper representation as official inspection
station
286-214 False certificates
286-215 Fees and charges
286-216 Fines, fees and charges
286-217 Shipping container chassis; out-of-state
registration; safety inspection; validity
Part XII. Transportation of Hazardous Materials
286-221 Definitions
286-222 General powers
286-223 Scope
286-224 Inspections
286-225 Hazardous materials incident reporting
286-226 Routes
286-227 Penalty
Part XIII. Commercial Driver Licensing
286-231 Definitions
286-232 Limitation on number of driver's licenses
286-233 Notification requirements
286-234 Employer responsibilities
286-235 Commercial driver's license required
286-235.5 Persons exempt from licensure
286-236 Commercial driver's license qualification standards
286-236.5 Renumbered
286-237 Repealed
286-238 Application for commercial driver's license or
commercial learner's permit
286-238.2 Commercial learner's permit
286-238.5 Repealed
286-239 Commercial driver's license
286-239.5 Reactivation of expired commercial driver's license;
fees; road test waived
286-240 Disqualification, cancellation, and downgrade
286-241 Notification of disqualification, suspension,
revocation, cancellation, marking medical
certification status as not-certified, or
downgrading of commercial driver's licenses or
permits
286-241.4 Authority of examiner of drivers to suspend, revoke,
cancel, mark the medical certification status as
not-certified, or downgrade commercial driver's
license or permit
286-241.5 Notification and hearing
286-241.6 Appeal to circuit court
286-242 Commercial drivers prohibited from operating with
any alcohol in their body
286-243 Implied consent requirements for commercial motor
vehicle drivers
286-244 Notification of traffic convictions
286-245 Driving record information to be recorded and
furnished
286-246 Authority to make rules
286-247 Authority to enter agreements
286-248 Reciprocity
286-249 Penalty
Part XIV. Administrative Revocation of Driver's
License and Motor Vehicle
Registration--Repealed
286-251 to 266 Repealed
Part XV. Interisland Shipping of Vehicles
286-271 Interisland shipping of vehicles; proof required
Part XVI. Civil Identification Cards
286-301 Issuance of identification card or temporary card
286-301.5 Non-compliant identification cards
286-301.6 Limited purpose identification cards
286-302 Oaths and investigations
286-303 Application for identification card
286-303.5 Voter registration
286-304 Procedure
286-305 Contents and characteristics; form
286-306 Expiration; renewal; replacement
286-307 Identification cards not to be altered; duties
of holder; lost certificates
286-308 Correction or alteration of records and
identification cards in cases of error or
subsequent changes concerning names, citizenship,
description, etc.
286-309 Rules
286-310 Forms
286-311 Custody and use of records; confidential
information
286-312 Civil identification card fee special fund
286-313 Reimbursement to counties
Note
"SECTION 2. The department of transportation shall amend its rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the owner of a motor vehicle whose motor vehicle registration and safety check are both expired to:
(1) Obtain a certificate of inspection pursuant to section 286-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, without having to furnish evidence of a motor vehicle registration; and
(2) After obtaining the certificate of inspection, register the motor vehicle."
Red light running committee; report to 2020 legislature. L 2019, c 131, §2.
Revision Note
The amendments made to part VI by L 2012, c 310, §§2 (enacting subpart B to part VI), 5 (amending the part VI title), 6 (adding a subpart A title to part VI), and 8 (amending §§286-101, 286-102(e), 286-104, 286-106, 286-107(c), 286-108(a), 286-110(a), 286-112(a) and (c), 286-113, 286-114, and 286-122(a) to change "part" to "subpart") are omitted as the new subpart B added to part VI was renumbered as part XVI pursuant to §23G-15.
Cross References
Complete streets, see §264-20.5.
Nonresident violator compact, see chapter 291A.
Law Journals and Reviews
Intextication: Txting Whl Drvng. Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? 32 UH L. Rev. 359 (2010).