KCC §16-20.6

Permits needed to carry passengers in commercial trucks

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You need a police permit to carry passengers in a commercial truck, except for family use or employer transport of employees. The permit is short-term unless you carry employees or school children without pay, then it can last a year. The police chief checks safety and driver skill before issuing.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Carrying Passengers on Trucks

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Kauaʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

It shall be unlawful for an owner or driver of a truck or other vehicle designed and constructed for commercial purposes to use the vehicle for the transportation of passengers without a special permit from the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall issue a permit only after he or she is thoroughly satisfied that passengers can be transported with safety in the vehicle and that the driver of the vehicle is competent. Permits shall be issued for not more than forty-eight (48) hour periods and shall bear the name of the driver, registration number of the vehicle, the owner's name and the number of passengers allowed to be carried, and if passengers are carried for hire, or if school children are carried either with or without remuneration, the owner shall show financial responsibility or insurance to cover any accident that might arise while the vehicle is so used, provided that where the vehicle is used in the regular course of business of the owner in transporting the employees of the owner to or from their respective places of employment or where the vehicle is used in transporting school children to and from school without remuneration, the permit may be issued for yearly periods.This Section shall not apply to the owner's use for family purposes, nor for an employer transporting employees in the course of business.

Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

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