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Hawaii Front License Plate Laws (2026)

Info: Hawaii requires two plates. The owner must securely fasten the number plates "one on the front and the other on the rear," and plates must "at all times be displayed entirely unobscured and be kept reasonably clean" (HRS 249-7).

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Hawaii requires two plates. The owner must securely fasten the number plates "one on the front and the other on the rear," and plates must "at all times be displayed entirely unobscured and be kept reasonably clean" (HRS 249-7). Trailers, semitrailers and motorcycles display one plate, fastened to the rear.

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