HCC §24-199
Abandoned vehicles on public roads and their removal
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This rule says you cannot leave any vehicle, trailer, or equipment on wheels on a public road. If it is left unattended for more than 24 hours, police can take it. The owner may have to pay a fine and removal costs.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Abandoned special mobile equipment, vehicles, trailers, and
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.
equipment on wheels prohibited; disposition. (a) No person shall abandon any special mobile equipment, vehicle, trailer, or equipment on wheels, whether operational or nonoperational, on the public highway. (b) For the purposes of this section, any special mobile equipment, vehicle, trailer, or equipment on wheels, whether operational or nonoperational, left unattended on any public or private street or thoroughfare which is subject to this chapter for more than twenty-four hours shall be deemed abandoned and may immediately be taken into custody by the police department. All such vehicles are declared to be public nuisances. (c) Such special mobile equipment, vehicles, trailers, or equipment on wheels shall be disposed of as required by chapter 290, Hawai’i Revised Statutes, as amended. (d) Where the registered owner of the abandoned special mobile equipment, vehicle, trailer, or equipment on wheels can be located, the registered owner of such special mobile equipment, vehicle, trailer, or equipment on wheels shall be subject to a fine of $250 and all reasonable expenses incurred by such removal. (e) The provisions of this section shall not be interpreted to contravene the provisions of 20-38.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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