HRS §486-81
When inspectors can take odometer tools as evidence
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section lets a state inspector take tools that can change an odometer reading if they suspect the tools might be used illegally or by someone who is not a licensed dealer or repair shop. The tools are taken as evidence. It does not say what happens after they are taken.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Confiscation of evidence
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 administrator or any authorized inspector may confiscate as evidence any tools designed to change, manipulate, or otherwise alter the display of an odometer, when the inspector has reason to believe that such tools may be used in an illicit manner or by persons other than licensed dealers, or licensed repair agencies, or by persons gainfully employed by such agencies or dealers.
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