ROH §15A-4.1
Vehicle registration and plate fees
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section sets the annual fee for registering a motor vehicle and the fees for number plates, tags, or emblems. It also covers the fee for moving plates to a newly acquired vehicle and says all collected fees go into the city's general fund.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Fee for registration, number plates and tags or emblems
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) The annual fee for the registration of a motor vehicle shall be $20.
(b) Fees for any one or more of the following: the number plates or tags or emblems are:
(1) Number plate: $5; and
(2) Tag or emblem: 50 cents.
(c) For a registration involving a reassignment of number plates, pursuant to a request from an owner of a motor vehicle registered in the city, to another motor vehicle subsequently acquired by the owner, the fee shall be $5.
(d) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund.
) Editor’s note:
Amendments made to § 15A-4.1 in Ord. 25-45 take effect on July 1, 2026, and are not yet incorporated herein.
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