HCC §24-89

Automatic trailer brakes

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This rule says certain trailers made after 1961 must have brakes on all wheels that come on automatically and stay on for at least 15 minutes if they detach from the towing vehicle. It applies to trailers with air or vacuum brakes, or weighing over 3,000 pounds.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Automatic trailer brakes

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.

Every trailer, semi-trailer, and pole trailer equipped with air or vacuum actuated brakes and every trailer, semi-trailer, and pole trailer with a gross weight in excess of three thousand pounds, manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1961, shall be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels and of such character as to be applied automatically and promptly, and remain applied for at least fifteen minutes, upon breakaway from the towing vehicle.

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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