This page contains up-to-date information as of April 6, 2023.
It’s estimated 8,000 vehicles are abandoned in Hawai’i every year. In 2019, about 1,620 abandoned vehicles were reported on the Big Island.
Abandoned vehicles are more than a sore eyesight — over time, toxic substances like fuel, oil and coolant leak and end up in our waterways. Tires on these vehicles become breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
In 2022, Representative Ilagan successfully passed four bills:
- House Bill 1411 (Act 227) requires that both buyers and sellers provide signatures and addresses on vehicle transfers
- House Bill 1412 (Act 228) requires counties to provide a minimum distance that an abandoned vehicle must be moved within a specific time frame to avoid being towed
- House Bill 1413 (Act 229) allows county finance directors to require that registered owners of abandoned vehicles pay any outstanding expenses incurred for disposing vehicles
- House Bill 1414 (Act 297) makes the registered owner of an abandoned vehicle subject to a tiered fine system
Are you on Hawaiʻi Island and would like to dispose or report an abandoned vehicle? Click here to visit the County of Hawaiʻi Zero Waste website and learn more about what you can do.