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HRS §437-11

Dealer and Auction License Site Requirements

Before getting a dealer or auction license, you must have a permanent site mainly for selling or displaying motor vehicles. Dealers also need a building that can show at least three vehicles and have restrooms. The site can also be used for related car businesses like repairs or parts.

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The statute, as written — Additional requirements for dealer's and auction's license

(a) Requirements to be met before issuance of dealer's and auction's license. (1) The following requirements shall be met by an applicant for a dealer's license before a license may be issued by the motor vehicle industry licensing board: (A) The applicant has a site which will be used primarily for the purpose of selling, displaying, offering for sale, or otherwise dealing in motor vehicles; (B) The site has a permanent building thereon suitable for the display at any one time of at least three motor vehicles having an average base of at least ninety inches; and (C) The site has suitable sanitation facilities. (2) The following requirements shall be met by an applicant for an auction's license before a license may be issued by the motor vehicle industry licensing board: (A) The applicant has a permanent site which will be used primarily for the purpose of selling, displaying, offering for sale, or otherwise dealing in motor vehicles; and (B) The site has suitable sanitation facilities. (b) Other related uses permissible. The site may be used for other purposes which are accessory or customarily associated with the retail sale of motor vehicles, such as maintenance operation of a repair, accessories, gasoline and oil, storage, parts, service, or paint branch or department.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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