[PART I.VEHICLES ABANDONED ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY

GENERALLY]

 

§290-1  Disposition by counties of certainabandoned vehicles.  (a)  The counties may cause vehicles that have beenabandoned to be taken into custody and disposed of.  For the purposes of thissubsection, a vehicle is "abandoned" if it is defined to be abandonedby an ordinance of the county in which the vehicle is located.  In the absenceof such an ordinance, a vehicle is "abandoned" if it is leftunattended for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours and it isunlawfully parked on any public highway or other public property or privatelands defined as a setback, shoulder, easement, or right of way that isadjacent to or part of a public highway.  The mayors of the several countiesmay designate an agency within their counties to carry out the functions andrequirements of this section.  The term "agency" means any office,department, or other governmental unit of the county.

(b)  The Hawaii public housing authority maycause vehicles that have been abandoned on any public housing property owned,managed, or administered by the Hawaii public housing authority to be takeninto custody and disposed of.  For the purposes of this subsection, a vehicleis "abandoned" if it is left unattended for a continuous period ofmore than twenty-four hours after a notice is conspicuously posted on thevehicle that the vehicle is subject to disposal pursuant to this subsection.

(c)  At the request of the landowner, a countymay cause vehicles to be taken into custody and disposed of that have beenabandoned on roads for which dedication to the State or county is pending.  Forpurposes of this subsection, a vehicle is deemed abandoned if it is leftunattended for a continuous period of more than twenty-four hours after anotice is conspicuously posted on the vehicle stating that the vehicle issubject to disposal pursuant to this subsection. [L 1949, c 194, pt of §1; RL1955, pt of §138-32; am L 1967, c 267, pt of §1; HRS §290-1; am L 1984, c 261,§1; am L 1992, c 238, §1; am L 1997, c 350, §14; am L 2005, c 162, §1 and c196, §26; am L 2006, c 180, §16]

 

Note

 

  For amendment to this section repealed on January 1, 2010,see L 2009, c 193, §1.