HRS §291E-19
Police can set up DUI checkpoints with approved rules
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗County police departments may set up DUI roadblocks if they follow the minimum standards in another law. The police chief must write down the procedures in official rules. If police don't follow their own internal rules, the roadblock is still valid as long as it meets the legal minimum standards.
The statute, as written — Authorization to establish intoxicant control roadblock programs
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.
The police departments of the respective counties may establish and implement intoxicant control roadblock programs in accordance with the minimum standards and guidelines provided in section 291E-20. The chief of police in any county establishing an intoxicant control roadblock program pursuant to this section shall specify the procedures to be followed in carrying out the program in rules adopted under chapter 91; provided that the procedures shall be in conformity with and not more intrusive than the standards and guidelines described in section 291E-20. In the case of internal police standards that do not fall within the definition of "rule" under section 91-1, failure to comply scrupulously with the internal police procedures shall not invalidate a roadblock that otherwise meets the minimum statutory criteria provided in section 291E-20.
Sections this one refers to
§91-1 What key legal terms mean in this chapter
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