HRS §290-23
Selling or junking an abandoned vehicle
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If a vehicle is left at a repair shop, the shop owner can sell it or scrap it as junk. Before doing so, the owner must run one public ad in a statewide newspaper. This section only covers that sale or disposal step.
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The statute, as written — Sale or disposition of vehicle
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.
When a vehicle is abandoned, the owner of the vehicle repair business, or the owner's authorized representative, after one public advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the State, may negotiate a sale of the vehicle or dispose of it as junk.
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