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HCC §24-106

Safety glass required for new vehicles

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

New motor vehicles sold or registered in the county must have safety glass that meets current auto industry standards in all doors, windows, and windshields. This applies to passenger cars, buses, and school buses, and to the driver's area of trucks.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Safety glazing material required

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.

(a) No person shall sell any new motor vehicle nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glazing material of a type meeting the current specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers wherever glazing material is used in doors, windows and windshields. (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply to all passenger-type motor vehicles, including passenger buses and school buses, but in respect to trucks, including truck tractors, the requirements as to safety glazing material shall apply to all glazing material used in doors, windows, and windshields in the driver's compartments of such vehicles.
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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