HCC §18-50

When taxicab drivers can charge for waiting

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This rule says a taxicab driver can only charge you for waiting time if you, the passenger, tell the driver to wait. If you do not ask them to wait, they cannot add a waiting charge.

The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Waiting time stipulation

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 taxicab driver shall charge for waiting time, unless a passenger directs the taxicab driver to wait.

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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