ROH §15-26.3
What happens if you ignore a traffic summons or contest a ticket
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗If you are arrested for a traffic violation and do not show up when and where the summons says, you can be charged with a misdemeanor, even if the original charge is dropped. If you want to fight an administrative citation or do not pay the fine within 10 days, you will get a regular traffic summons instead.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Failure to obey summons or respond to administrative citation - Contesting an administrative citation
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) Any person who fails to appear at the place and within the time specified in the summons or citation addressed to the person by an officer upon the person’s arrest for any violation of this traffic code for which a criminal penalty is provided is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge on which the person was originally arrested.
(b) Any person who seeks to contest an administrative citation, or fails to remit payment of an administrative fine within 10 days of receiving an administrative citation, has opted not to receive an administrative citation, and shall be issued a summons or citation pursuant to § 15-26.1 (a).
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