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HRS §286-131

Unlawful use of a driver's license

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

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.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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