05-02-2024, 09:29 AM
"I'd like to know the answer to that."
Well, I went and looked up the Statutes!
According to what that says, ALL registered owners of any vehicle/trailer except those under motor carrier laws must be inspected EXCEPT:
Federal Government Owned Vehicles - except there is a requirement to have a certificate saying a similar inspection is done;
Military Vehicles - only able to be sold to the military, and;
Farm equipment
Don't know if that answers the question, and maybe there is another law of exemption somewhere else, but this sure is interesting!
§19-133.2-2 Scope of chapter.
(a) This chapter shall apply to all motor vehicles and trailers except those which are subject to the motor carrier safety law, part XI, chapter 286, [Hawaii Revised Statutes] HRS.
(b) This chapter shall also apply to:
Well, I went and looked up the Statutes!
According to what that says, ALL registered owners of any vehicle/trailer except those under motor carrier laws must be inspected EXCEPT:
Federal Government Owned Vehicles - except there is a requirement to have a certificate saying a similar inspection is done;
Military Vehicles - only able to be sold to the military, and;
Farm equipment
Don't know if that answers the question, and maybe there is another law of exemption somewhere else, but this sure is interesting!
§19-133.2-2 Scope of chapter.
(a) This chapter shall apply to all motor vehicles and trailers except those which are subject to the motor carrier safety law, part XI, chapter 286, [Hawaii Revised Statutes] HRS.
(b) This chapter shall also apply to:
- (1) The registered owner of any motor vehicle or trailer operated on the public highways in the State;
- (2) Every person who operates or parks any motor vehicle or trailer on a public highway in the State;
- (3) Every official inspection station; and
- (4) Every person who conducts official vehicle inspections.
- (1) Any vehicle owned and operated by an agency of the federal government, provided that such vehicle, when operated on the public highways carries a certificate within the vehicle showing that the vehicle has been inspected and certified under an equivalent periodic inspection program operated by the federal government;
- (2) Military vehicles owned and operated by the armed forces of the United States which are manufactured for, and sold directly to the armed forces in conformity with military contractual specifications; and
- (3) Farm tractors, implements of husbandry, and special mobile equipment temporarily drawn, moved, or otherwise propelled on the public highways and which are not required to be registered and licensed.