HCC §18-19

No more passengers than seats allowed

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section says the county will not give a license to a passenger vehicle common carrier if it would carry more people than the vehicle's rated seating capacity. It applies to licenses under a state law that has been repealed.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Rated capacity limit

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

No license shall be issued in the County under section 445-222,* Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, for any motor vehicle common carrier of passengers allowing for the carrying of passengers of a number in excess of the rated seating capacity of the vehicle. * Editor’s Note: Section 445-222, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, was repealed pursuant to Act 67, SLH 1996.

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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