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KCC §16-21.2Traffic ticket forms and how they are given
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗This section sets up the official ticket form police and county workers use for minor traffic violations that don't require arrest. It says the ticket must include all needed legal information, be numbered, and be given to the driver or left on an unattended car. The court judge decides the exact form.
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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Summons or Citation
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.
There shall be provided for use by authorized police officers or other County employees as may be authorized by law a form of summons or citation for use in citing violators of those traffic laws which do not mandate the physical arrest of such violators. The summons or citation shall be printed in a form commensurate with the form of other summons and citations used in modern methods of arrest, so designed to include all necessary information to make the summons or citation valid and legal within the laws and regulations of the State of Hawai'i and the County of Kaua'i. The form and content of the summons or citation shall be as adopted or prescribed by the administrative judge of the District Courts.In every case when a citation is issued the original of the citation shall be given to the violator or in the case of an unattended vehicle, the original of the citation shall be affixed to the vehicle as provided for in subsection (d) of this Section, provided that the administrative judge of the district courts may prescribe other procedures for the issuance of a summons or citation to a violator or the method of affixing to a vehicle a carbon copy of the citation, and provide for the disposition of the original and any other copies.Every citation shall be consecutively numbered and each carbon copy shall bear the number of its respective original.In the event a citation is issued for an unattended vehicle, the officer shall affix the original thereof to the windshield wiper of the driver's side of the vehicle, or to any other section of the vehicle which would place it in plain sight of the driver or owner of the vehicle.
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026 The County of Kauaʻi publishes this code through eCode360 and states that it is provided for information only and should not be considered the official version of the Code.
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