HCC §24-245
Penalties for Misusing Disabled Parking Permits
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains the penalties for misusing disabled parking permits or plates. If you fake an application, use someone else's permit, park in a disabled spot without a permit, or refuse to show your ID, you can get fined or lose your permit. The fines follow state rules.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — 3. Violations and penalties
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) In accordance with Chapter 291, Part III, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, and Title 11, Chapter 219, Hawai‘i Administrative Rules: (1) Any person who knowingly falsifies an application for a removable windshield placard, temporary removable windshield placard, special license plates, and identification card, or any renewal or replacement thereof, shall be subject to suspension or revocation of the placard, special license plates, or identification card. (2) An unauthorized person using the removable windshield placard, temporary removable windshield placard, or special license plates to obtain the special parking privileges authorized under this section or otherwise afforded by the state or counties, shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and fined according to Chapter 291D, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, and Title 11, Chapter 219, Hawai‘i Administrative Rules. The unauthorized use of disabled parking permits shall also be subject to suspension or revocation of these permits. (3) A person who uses a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities without displaying a removable windshield placard, a temporary removable windshield placard, or special license plates, shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and fined according to Chapter 291D, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, and Title 11, Chapter 219, Hawai‘i Administrative Rules. (4) A person with a disability who refuses or fails to present an identification card to an enforcement officer upon request, shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and fined according to Chapter 291D, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, and Title 11, Chapter 219. Hawai‘i Administrative Rules. (2002, ord 02-139, sec 2.)24-245.3 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 24-245.4 Division 7. Parking for electric vehicles.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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