HCC §24-26
Rules for getting a permit to run an official vehicle inspection station
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains how a business gets a permit to inspect and fix vehicle safety equipment. The finance director gives out the permit, forms, and instructions. The station must have the right tools and trained staff, and may need to post a bond to cover damage they cause.
businesses
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Designation of inspection stations; permit 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.
application; bond. (a) The director of finance shall issue permits for and furnish instructions and all forms to official inspection stations for the inspection and adjustment of brakes, wheel alignment, lighting equipment, steering mechanism, horns, mirrors, windshield wipers, and other equipment of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers. (b) Application for the permit shall be made upon an official form and shall be granted only when the director of finance is satisfied that the station is properly equipped and has competent personnel to make such inspections and adjustments. Before issuing a permit, the director of finance may require the applicant to file a bond to make compensation for any damage to a vehicle during inspection due to negligence on the part of such applicant or the applicant’s employees. (c) No permit for an official inspection station shall be issued to a station without the following equipment: Headlight testing machine and a wheel alignment gauge or tester as approved by the director of finance.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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