Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 286-133 (2026)

  Unlawful to permit unauthorized person to drive

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     §286-133  Unlawful to permit unauthorized person to drive.  Except as provided in section 291E-67, no person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle or moped owned by that person or under that person's control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized under law to drive the motor vehicle or moped. [L 1937, c 234, §30; RL 1945, §7331; RL 1955, §160-63; HRS §286-133; am L 1983, c 197, §1; am L 2010, c 166, §3]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1999–2000 · leading case: Potter v. Hawaii Newspaper Agency, 974 P.2d 51 (Haw. 1999).
Potter v. Hawaii Newspaper Agency, 974 P.2d 51 (Haw. 1999). · cites it 2× “[plossesses a valid driver’s license”; (2) HRS § 291C-195 (1993), which provides in relevant part that "[n]o person less than fifteen years of age shall drive a moped”; (3) HRS § 286-133 (1993), which provides that ”[n]o person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle…”
State v. Kelekolio, 14 P.3d 364 (Haw. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “(d) HRS § 286-133 prohibits permitting unlicensed persons to drive “upon any highway”[.”
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