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HRS §291-3.3

Open alcohol containers in vehicles and at scenic lookouts

This law says you cannot keep an open or partly empty alcohol container in the part of a car or moped where people sit, when the vehicle is on a public road or at a scenic lookout. You also cannot drink alcohol at a scenic lookout. Breaking this law is a violation.

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The statute, as written — Storage of opened container containing intoxicating liquor or consumption at scenic lookout

(a) No person shall keep in a motor vehicle, or on a moped when such vehicle or moped is upon any public street, road, or highway or at any scenic lookout, any bottle, can, or other receptacle containing any intoxicating liquor which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed or fully removed, unless such container is kept in the trunk of the vehicle, or kept in some other area of the vehicle not normally occupied by the driver or passengers, if the vehicle is not equipped with a trunk. A utility or glove compartment shall be deemed to be within the area occupied by the driver and passengers. (b) No person shall consume any intoxicating liquor at any scenic lookout. (c) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a recreational or other vehicle not having a separate trunk compartment. (d) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a violation.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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