HCC §24-39

How rear lights must be wired

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This rule says that your tail lights and the light that shines on your rear license plate must turn on whenever your headlights or auxiliary driving lights are on. It only covers how these lights are connected, not other lighting rules.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Wiring of rear lamps

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.

Any tail lamp or tail lamps together with any separate lamp for illuminating the rear registration plate shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the headlamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.

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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