HCC §18-20

Overloading a passenger vehicle is a crime

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section says that if a passenger bus or other common carrier vehicle carries more people than it is rated for, the driver is breaking the law. The driver can be charged with a misdemeanor and fined up to $500.

The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Penalty

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.

If any common carrier motor vehicle for passengers operating upon or using the public streets or highways of the County carries passengers (including the chauffeur) in excess of the rated seating capacity, the chauffeur of the vehicle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to pay a fine up to $500. Division 5. Bus Terminals and Parking.

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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