HRS §249-8
Replacing lost or damaged plates, tags, or emblems
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If your vehicle's plate, tag, or emblem is lost, damaged, destroyed, or too hard to read, you must apply for a replacement using the county's form and explain what happened. The county will issue a new one and charge you a fee covering its cost and handling.
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The statute, as written — Replacements for lost or damaged plates, tags, or emblems
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Upon the loss, defacement, or destruction of a number plate or plates, tag or emblem issued upon any vehicle, or where the number plate, tag, or emblem has become illegible or is in such condition as to be difficult to read, the owner of the vehicle shall make application for a new number plate or plates, tag, or emblem upon such form as shall be prescribed by the county director of finance. The owner shall be required, in addition to other requirements, to make a complete statement as to the cause of the loss, defacement, or destruction of the original number plate or plates, tag, or emblem. Upon the filing of such form, the director of finance shall issue a new number plate or plates, tag, or emblem and shall charge the owner a fee to be fixed by the director of finance equal to the costs of the number plate, tag, or emblem, plus the administrative cost of furnishing the plate, tag, or emblem and effecting the replacement. [RL 1935, pt of §2157; am L 1937, c 214, §1, subs 5; RL 1945, §5709; am L 1951, c 162, §3; am L 1953, c 158, §2; RL 1955, §130-8; am L 1967, c 236, §1; HRS §249-8]
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