Vehicle registration exemptions - Hawaii

The following vehicles are exempt from state vehicle registration requirements:

• Special mobile equipment;
• Implements of husbandry temporarily drawn, moved, or otherwise propelled upon the public highways;
• Aircraft servicing vehicles that are being used exclusively on lands set aside to the department of transportation for airport purposes;
• Vehicles operated on rails;
• Mopeds; and
• Tractor trucks, flatbed trucks, forklifts, and top picks being used as marine terminal equipment temporarily moving in or between terminals at:
  • Sand Island and along Sand Island Parkway and Sand Island Access Road;
  • Kalanianaole Avenue between Kuhio Street and Kahanu Street, abutting Hilo Harbor;
  • Kawaihae-Mahukona Road abutting Kawaihae Harbor;
  • East Kaahumanu Avenue between Hobron Avenue and Kane Street, abutting Kahului Harbor;
  • Waapa Road abutting Nawiliwili Harbor;
  • Nimitz Highway, between 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., and between 6:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.;
  • Sand Island Access Road and Forrest Avenue, including all roadways abutting pier accessways; if vehicles abide by the speed limit and keep up with the flow of traffic;
  • Auiki Street, abutting Kapalama Container Terminal;
  • Malakole Street, abutting Barbers Point; and
  • Hanua Street, abutting Barbers Point; provided that an escort vehicle is present.