ROH §15-19.23
Rules for selling and using vehicle lamps
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section says you cannot sell or use certain vehicle lights or reflectors unless they are approved by the police chief. Approved lights must have the brand name on them. When using them, you must follow the chief's instructions for bulbs, mounting, and aiming.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Selling or using lamps or devices
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer, or use upon any such vehicle any head lamp, auxiliary driving lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector that is required, or parts of any of the foregoing that tend to change the original design or performance, unless such lamp or reflector is of the type that has been submitted to the chief of police and approved by the chief.
(b) No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer any lamp or device mentioned in this article that has been approved by the chief of police unless such lamp or device bears thereon the trademark or name under which it is approved, legible when installed.
(c) No person shall use upon any motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer, any lamps mentioned in this article, unless such lamps are equipped with bulbs of a rated candlepower and are so mounted and adjusted as to focus and aim in accordance with instructions of the chief of police.
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