HCC §24-44

Rules for backup lights on vehicles

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section says a vehicle can have one or more backup lights, either on their own or with other lights. But these lights must not be on when the vehicle is moving forward. It also mentions a section about identification and clearance lamps.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Back-up lights

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 motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more back-up lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any such back-up lamp or lamps shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion. Subdivision 3. Identification and Clearance Lamps.

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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