Note Part heading amended by L 2017, c 12, §61. §286-21 Vehicles and mopeds without required equipment or in unsafe condition. No person shall drive or cause to move on any highway any motor vehicle, moped, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, or any combination thereof, unless the equipment thereon is in good working order and […]
§286-22 Inspection by officers of the police department. (a) The chief of police or any police officer of any county may, at any time when the chief of police or police officer has reasonable cause to believe that a vehicle or moped is unsafe or not equipped as required by law, require the owner or […]
§286-23 Responsibility for compliance. (a) Every owner or driver, upon receiving a citation as provided in section 286-22(b), shall comply therewith and shall within five days secure an official certificate of inspection or make the necessary corrections or repairs, or the driver may request a hearing as provided in section 286-22(d). (b) No person shall […]
§286-24 Registered owner’s responsibility; registration plates as prima facie evidence as to the fault of the registered owner. In any proceeding for violation of this part, the registered owner of a vehicle shall be deemed responsible for the unsafe condition of the vehicle. [L 1967, c 214, pt of §2; HRS §286-24]
§286-25 Operation of a vehicle or moped without a certificate of inspection. Whoever operates, permits the operation of, causes to be operated, or parks any vehicle or moped on a public highway without a current official certificate of inspection, issued under section 286-26, shall be fined not more than $100. [L 1967, c 214, pt […]
§286-26 Certificates of inspection. (a) The following vehicles shall be certified as provided in subsection (e) once every year: (1) Trucks, truck-tractors, semitrailers, and pole trailers having a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds; (2) Buses; (3) Rental or U-drive motor vehicles two years of age or older; (4) Taxicabs; and (5) […]
§286-26.5 Special interest vehicles. (a) As used in this section: “Collector” means an owner of one or more vehicles, including parts vehicles, who collects, purchases, acquires, trades, or disposes of a vehicle or its parts, for the owner’s own use, to preserve, restore, and maintain the vehicle or another vehicle for hobby or historical purposes. […]
§286-27 Permits to operate official inspection stations. (a) The department of transportation, referred to in this section and sections 286-28 and 286-29 as “the department”, shall be responsible for issuing permits for and furnishing instructions and all forms to official inspection stations. The stations shall operate in the manner directed by the department pursuant to […]
§286-28 Fines. The department shall supervise and cause inspections to be made of official inspection stations and shall issue a fine, in an amount determined by the department by rule, to a station that it finds is not properly conducting inspections. After three violations, the permit issued to the station pursuant to section 286-27 shall […]
§286-29 Improper representation as official inspection station. Any person who shall in any manner represent that the business operated at any location is an official inspection station without a permit issued by the department under section 286-27, or any person other than a person operating an inspection station under a permit granted by the department […]
§286-30 False certificates. Any person who makes, issues, or knowingly uses any imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of inspection, or any person who displays or causes or permits to be displayed upon any vehicle any certificate of inspection knowing the same to be issued for another vehicle or issued without an inspection having […]
§286-31 Vehicle inspector; certification; renewal. (a) The director shall supervise and certify all inspectors authorized to conduct vehicle safety inspections at official inspection stations. The director shall: (1) Determine minimum standards and application criteria for inspectors; (2) Administer written and performance examinations for all applicants; (3) Issue official inspector certificates; (4) Monitor inspection activities of […]
