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2022 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 14. Taxation
249. County Vehicular Taxes
VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX
- 249-1 Definitions.
- 249-2 Imposition of tax.
- 249-3 and 249-3.5 REPEALED.
- 249-4 Exemptions for new vehicles and official vehicles.
- 249-5 REPEALED.
- 249-5.5 Stored vehicles. (a) All vehicles taxable under sections 249-1, 249-2, 249-4 and 249-6 to 249-13, which are stored so that they are not used for transportation, or for the other purposes covered by section 249-2, shall be exempt from the tax for the period of storage; provided that the owner of each vehicle shall first present to the director of finance a signed statement of the fact of the storage, together with other relevant facts as may be required by the director of finance and shall surrender the last issued certificate of registration, license plates, and emblem for the vehicle. If the affidavit, certificate of registration, license plates, and emblem are presented to the director of finance after the expiration of the vehicle's registration period, then the unpaid tax for each month the license plates could have been validated with an emblem plus the fee for the currently issued license plates and emblem shall be paid in full upon presenting the affidavit. (b) The director of finance may dispose of the license plates for any vehicle whose registration has expired and the owner shall be required to purchase new license plates and a new emblem upon removing the vehicle from storage. (c) As a condition precedent to the removal of the vehicle from storage, the owner of the vehicle shall present to the director of finance a certificate of inspection that was issued after the recording of the storage with the director of finance if the certificate of inspection expired during the period of storage. [L 1998, c 3, §1; am L 1999, c 235, §1]
- 249-6 Exemptions for certain cars furnished to disabled veterans.
- 249-6.5 Exemption for National Guard, military reserves, and other active duty military personnel claiming Hawaii as their residence of record.
- 249-7 Number plates.
- 249-7.5 New motor vehicle with a temporary number plate.
- 249-8 Replacements for lost or damaged plates, tags, or emblems.
- 249-9 Number plates; purchase.
- 249-9.1 Special number plates.
- 249-9.2 Special number plates; military service.
- 249-9.3 Special number plates; design and issuance by counties.
- 249-9.4 Special series number plates.
- 249-9.5 Special number plates for Haleakala National Park and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park authorized.
- 249-9.6 Special number plates; Polynesian Voyaging Society authorized.
- 249-9.7 Special number plates for environmental conservation; authorized.
- 249-10 Delinquent penalties; seizure and sale for tax.
- 249-11 Fraudulent use of plates, tags, or emblems and other misdemeanors; penalties.
- 249-12 Standard size license plates.
- 249-13 Determination of rate.
- 249-14 Bicycle fee.
- 249-14.1 Number plates for mopeds; registration; fine.
- 249-14.2 Procedure when registration of a bicycle or moped transferred. (a) Upon transfer of registered ownership in or to a bicycle or moped, the person whose interest is to be transferred and the transferee shall write their signatures with pen and ink upon the certificate of registration issued for the bicycle or moped, together with the address of the transferee in the appropriate space provided upon the certificate. (b) Within thirty calendar days of the transfer of registered ownership of a bicycle or moped, the transferee shall forward the certificate of registration so endorsed to the director of finance who shall file the certificate. The director of finance may charge a fee of $5 which shall be deposited into the county bikeway fund for each new certificate of registration issued. Whenever a transferee fails to comply with these provisions, the director of finance shall charge a fee of $10, in addition to the fee provided in this section, for the issuance of a new certificate of registration. (c) The director of finance, upon receipt of the certificate of registration properly endorsed and the required fee, shall register the bicycle or moped and shall issue to the owner thereof by reason of the transfer a new certificate of registration in the manner and form provided for in an original registration. (d) Until the director of finance has issued the new certificate of registration as provided in subsection (c), delivery of such bicycle or moped shall be deemed not to have been made and registration thereto shall be deemed not to have passed, and the intended transfer shall be deemed to be incomplete and not to be valid or effective for any purpose. (e) In the event of the transfer by operation of law in or to a bicycle or moped, as upon inheritance, devise, or bequest, order in bankruptcy, or insolvency, execution sale, repossession upon default in performance of the terms of a lease or executory sales contract, or otherwise than by the voluntary act of the person whose interest is to be transferred, the certifi
- 249-14.3 Exemption from fee and tag.
- 249-14.5 New bicycles and mopeds.
- 249-14.6 Violations; penalty.
- 249-15 Seizure and sale.
- 249-16 Duplicate bicycle tag; duplicate moped license plate and tag; and duplicate certificates of registration.
- 249-17 False tag, license plate, bicycle or moped, penalty.
- 249-17.5 Bikeway fund; established.
Revision Note
Throughout this chapter, "director of finance" and "council" have been substituted for "treasurer" and "board of supervisors" to conform to county charters pursuant to 23G-15.
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