# Hawaii license plate: Temporary

> The Hawaii temporary license plate: format LLLLLLL, for example RTCPEPG, documented since 2026, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Hawaii license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--hawaii) (7 registration series).

![Hawaii (United States) license plate, Temporary (documented since 2026)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-hi/us-hi-temporary/hawaii-license-plate-temporary.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLLLLLL` (L is any letter) |
| Years | ~2026 → today (documented from 2026; the format is likely older) |
| Class | temporary |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `us-hi-temporary` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--hawaii/temporary) |

Sources:

- [§ 249-7.5 (L 1980, c 133; am L 1990, c 131; am L 1999, c 207): the § 286-53 temporary number plate, the thirty-day registration duty, the thirty-day plate delivery, and the destruction requirement](https://web.archive.org/web/2024id_/https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0249/HRS_0249-0007_0005.htm)

## About this plate

TEMPORARY PLATES. Included because temporary issuance is a core L2 class and because § 249-7.5 gives it a genuinely sourced LIFECYCLE even though it gives no format: thirty days to register, thirty days to receive metal, destroy the temporary on attachment.

## How long it is valid

HRS § 249-7.5, verbatim: "Any person who has purchased a new motor vehicle which has attached a temporary number plate under section 286-53 shall register the new motor vehicle in accordance with this chapter within thirty days after taking possession of the motor vehicle." The county then furnishes the permanent plates "Within thirty days of the original registration", and "Upon attachment of the number plates, the temporary number plate provided under section 286-53 shall be destroyed." So the temporary plate has a hard THIRTY-DAY life and a statutory destruction duty, an unusually explicit end-of-life rule.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-hi/us-hi-temporary.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/hawaii?series=us-hi-temporary
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-hi` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-hi-temporary"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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