Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-19

  • Driver: means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Motor vehicle: means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power but not operated upon rails but excludes a moped. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
  • Owner: means a person, other than a lien holder, having the property in or title to a vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a roadway or highway, including mopeds and bicycles, but excluding toy bicycles, devices other than bicycles moved by human power, and devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1

The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle that shows evidence of having been involved in a collision of which written report must be made by the driver as provided in chapter 287, or struck by any bullet, shall report to the police department, within twenty-four hours after the motor vehicle is received by the garage or repair shop, giving the vehicle identification number, registration number, and the name and address of the owner or driver of the vehicle.