§286-47 Certificate of registration; certificate of ownership; containers. (a) Upon the registration of a vehicle, the director of finance shall issue a certificate of registration to the owner and a certificate of ownership to the legal owner, or to a dealer who shall be a person licensed to sell new motor vehicles under chapter 437 which certificates shall meet the following requirements:
(b) Every owner shall keep the certificate of registration within the vehicle for which it is registered and shall present the same at the request of a police officer, or in the event the vehicle is a motorcycle, shall carry such certificate in a convenient receptacle attached to the vehicle and which shall be presented at the request of a police officer; provided that this subsection shall not apply to:
This subsection shall not apply when the certificate is removed from the vehicle for the purpose of application for renewal, transfer of registration, or to record a change in the registration. [L 1929, c 197, §§6, 13; RL 1935, §2669; RL 1945, §7340; am L 1949, c 166, §1; am L 1953, c 131, §1(a), (b); RL 1955, §160-7; HRS §286-47; am L 1970, c 73, §1(a); am L 1972, c 159, §1; am L 1980, c 141, §1; am L 1981, c 44, §1 and c 82, §18; am L 1998, c 95, §1; am L 2019, c 31, §1]