{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-286-105","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 286-105","heading":"What persons are exempt from license.","body":"The following persons are exempt from license:\n\n(1) Any person while driving or operating a motor vehicle in the service or employ of any branch or agency of the federal government; provided that the person has received a license or permit from the branch or agency to operate and drive the motor vehicle; provided further that the branch or agency has been duly authorized by the federal government to issue the license or permit;\n\n(2) Any person while driving or operating any road machine, farm tractor, or implement of husbandry temporarily operated or moved on a highway, or tractor trucks, forklifts, and top picks being used as marine terminal equipment temporarily moving in or between terminals at:\n\n(A) Sand Island and along Sand Island Parkway and Sand Island Access Road;\n\n(B) Kalanianaole Avenue between Kuhio Street and Kahanu Street, abutting Hilo Harbor;\n\n(C) Kawaihae-Mahukona Road abutting Kawaihae Harbor;\n\n(D) East Kaahumanu Avenue between Hobron Avenue and Kane Street, abutting Kahului Harbor; and\n\n(E) Waipaa Road abutting Nawiliwili Harbor;\n\nprovided that no person under the age of thirteen years shall be permitted to drive or operate any such road machine, farm tractor, implement of husbandry, on a highway, or tractor trucks, forklifts, and top picks being used as marine terminal equipment temporarily moving in or between terminals identified in subparagraphs (A) through (E);\n\n(3) Any person who is at least eighteen years of age and who has in the person's possession a valid driver's license to drive the categories of motor vehicles listed in section 286-102(b), except section 286-102(b)(4), that is equivalent to a driver's license issued in this State but was issued to the person in another state of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, a province of the Dominion of Canada, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for that category of motor vehicle that the person is operating;\n\n(4) Any person who has in the person's possession a valid commercial motor vehicle driver's license issued by any state of the United States, Mexico, or a province of the Dominion of Canada that issues licenses in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the issuance of commercial motor vehicle driver's licenses; and\n\n(5) Any person who drives or operates state or county motor vehicles while employed by, in the service of, or volunteering for the state or county fire departments; provided that they are trained and certified to drive category (4) motor vehicles as set forth in section 286-102(b)(4) by the state or county government, as appropriate; provided further that the person maintains a category (3) license as set forth in section 286-102(b)(3).","path":["HI Code","Division 1","Title 17","Chapter 286"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0286/HRS_0286-0105.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"eb0d1751a9b0b8a6800c3370d59923805cf5406d935a2bb28302d05ede8eda91","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-286-104.5","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-286-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}