HRS §286-64
Surrendering regular plates for special plates
When you get special license plates for your passenger car, you must give your regular plates to the county emergency management administrator. The administrator keeps them until the special plates are no longer on your car.
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The statute, as written — Regulation plates to be surrendered
Upon the issuance of the special license plates, the regulation number plates originally issued in the registration of the passenger motor vehicles shall be surrendered to the administrator of the county emergency management agency who shall retain the plates as long as the special license plates are attached to the passenger motor vehicle.
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