ROH §15-5.3

Accident reports are confidential and can't be used in court

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Written accident reports from people involved or from garages are private and only for police or city use to prevent accidents. Police can reveal who was in an accident only if that person's identity isn't known or they deny being there. These reports can't be used as evidence in any trial, but police must give a certificate saying whether a report was filed if asked.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Accident reports confidential

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.

All accident reports in writing made by persons involved in accidents or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the police department or other city agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes, except that the police department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies the person’s presence at the accident. No such report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident; except that the police department shall furnish upon demand of any person who has made or claims to have made the report, or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the police department solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made to the police department. )

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

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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