HRS §286-131
Unlawful use of a driver's license
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law lists things you cannot do with a driver's license, like using a fake or altered one, lending yours, or refusing to turn in a suspended license. It also covers lying on a license application and having a fake copy. Breaking these rules is illegal.
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The statute, as written — Unlawful use of license
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.
No person shall: (1) Display or permit to be displayed or have in the person's possession any canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered driver's license; (2) Lend the person's driver's license to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another; (3) Display or represent as one's own any driver's license not issued to the person; (4) Fail or refuse to surrender to the examiner of drivers, upon the examiner's lawful demand, any driver's license that has been suspended, revoked, or canceled; (5) Use a false or fictitious name in any application for a driver's license or knowingly make a false statement or knowingly conceal a material fact, or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application; or (6) Use or have in the person's possession any reproduction, imitation, or facsimile of any driver's license or any identification with the appearance of a driver's license.
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