HRS §286-64
Surrendering regular plates for special plates
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗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
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 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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