HCC §24-200
Owner is responsible for parking violations
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If a car is ticketed for a parking violation, the law assumes the registered owner parked it. The plate number is used as proof in court. The owner can be held responsible unless they prove otherwise.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Registered owner's responsibility; registration plate as prima
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.
facie evidence as its parking. In any proceedings for violation of this article, the serial number displayed on the registration plate attached to the vehicle involved in such violation shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who parked the vehicle at the point where, and during the time when, the violation occurred. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 24-201
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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