HCC §24-38

Rear license plate must be lit so it can be read

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Your car must have a light that shines on the rear license plate. The light must make the plate easy to read from 50 feet behind the car. This applies to any vehicle with a rear plate.

everyone

The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Illumination of rear registration plate 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.

Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear.

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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