ROH §15-24.2
Throwing dangerous items on roads and cleaning them up
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This law makes it illegal to throw or leave dangerous things like glass, nails, or cans on streets or highways. If you drop something harmful, you must clean it up right away. Police can arrest or ticket violators, who face fines or jail time.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Putting glass or other injurious substances on a highway
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 throw or deposit upon any street or highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any other substance or object likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle on a highway.
(b) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway, any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
(c) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(d) Upon finding probable cause to believe that there has been a violation of this section, the police officer may either arrest the person believed to be in violation or may issue to that person a summons and citation in accordance with HRS § 803-6.
(e) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be subject to a fine of up to $1,000 or up to five days’ imprisonment, or both.
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Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.
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