Motor Vehicle Law

Primary Sources

1. Chapters 286-294-Motor Vehicles
   Hawaii Revised Statutes [KFH30 1993 A2]
   Hawaii Revised Statutes Annotated [KFH30 A4]
2. Chapter 15-Traffic Code
   Revised Ordinances of Honolulu [DESK KFX1512 A35]
3. Chapter 24-Vehicles and Traffic & Traffic Schedules
   Hawai‘i County Code [DESK KFX1483]
4. Chapters 16 and 17-Traffic Doe & Motor Vehicle and Traffic Regulations
   Kauai County Code [DESK KFX1610 A35]
5. Chapter 10-Vehicles and Traffic
   Code of the County of Maui [DESK KFX1819 A35]
6. Hawai‘i Civil Traffic Rules
   Hawai‘i Rules of Court [DESK KFH529 A2 2004]
7. eCourt Kokua
   View traffic violation case information in Hawai‘i for individuals or businesses.

Secondary Sources

• Encyclopedias
  1. American Jurisprudence, 2d [KF154 A42]
     Subject Heading: Automobiles and Highway Traffic
  2. Corpus Juris Secundum [KF154 C81]
     Subject Heading: Motor Vehicles
  3. Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law [REF KF387 G13]
     Subject Heading: Automobiles
     Available at SCLL. Electronic version available through Hawaii State Public Library System.
  4. West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, 2d[KF154 W52]
     Subject Heading: Automobiles
     Available at SCLL. Electronic version available through Hawaii State Public Library System.
• Manuals

Motor Vehicle Law (Oceana’s Legal Almanac Series) [KF209 L52 J31 no. 51]
Brief summaries of topics relating to the motor vehicle and traffic laws of various states. Easy to read text with charts and a glossary in the back.

• Finding Aids/Indexes
  1. Hawaii Digest [KFH57 H31] and Westlaw
     Topic: Automobiles
     Key Numbers: §1-426, 48ak1-426
  2. LegalTrac
     Search subject terms: Motor Vehicles
• Internet Resources
  1. Traffic Cases
     Brief summaries of the law regarding selected traffic cases from the Hawai‘i State Judiciary website.
  2. Nolo.com
     From the Get Informed pull-down menu, click on “Accidents & Injuries”
  3. Findlaw.com
     Click the “Traffic Violations” link