How to fill out Hawaii CS-L(MVR)202

Some cars are not worth selling, and on Oahu the county will take one off your hands: its junk vehicle programme is free to residents and waives all back registration and fees, which on a car that has sat for years is the largest number in the conversation. This is the statement that does it, and it is a door that only opens one way. You certify that the vehicle has been junked, that it is incapable of safe operation for use on the public highway or has no resale value except as a source of parts or scrap, and - in the form's own capitals - that by junking this vehicle, the vehicle shall never again be titled or registered. The endorsed certificate of title goes in with it, for cancellation.

Written against CS-L(MVR)202 (06/2026), issued under City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, Division of Motor Vehicles, surrendering the certificate of title for cancellation. Weigh this against a sale before you sign it, not after. The county's back-registration answer for an ordinary sale is that arrears are a matter for the buyer and seller to resolve, and a buyer taking on a delinquent car is assessed for the prior years it went unregistered. Junking wipes those years for you - and wipes the vehicle from the register permanently in the same stroke.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank CS-L(MVR)202 from the www4.honolulu.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our CS-L(MVR)202 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.

Every line, in the order you meet it

1. 1
   You fill this in

   License number and VIN

   The identifying pair. The VIN is what the county cancels the record against, so it matters more here than the plate does.

   Watch out: If the plate has already gone missing, the VIN alone will find the record. Say so in the removal request rather than leaving the plate box blank without explanation.

2. 2
   You fill this in

   Make, body type, year model and colour

   Four boxes on one line. Colour is asked for here because an inspector has to find the vehicle at the address you give.

   Watch out: Describe the car as it looks now, not as the registration describes it. A resprayed vehicle that does not match its own paperwork wastes the inspector's visit.

3. 3
   You fill this in

   Where the vehicle is

   A street address, and the county's own examples tell you how precise to be: address, yard, garage, numbered parking stall.

   Watch out: A numbered stall or a named carport is what turns an address into a location. An inspector who cannot identify the vehicle cannot write the control number on it.

4. 4
   You fill this in

   The certification itself

   Not a field - the printed statement you are signing. That the vehicle is incapable of safe operation or has no resale value except as parts or scrap, and that it shall never again be titled or registered.

   Watch out: Read the capitals before you sign. There is no undo, and a car with a buyer waiting is not a car to put through this form.

5. 5
   You fill this in

   Printed name and signature of registered owner

   The first signature block, closing the statement of facts. Two copies with wet original signatures are required.

   Watch out: Sign both copies by hand. Printing one signed sheet twice is exactly what the instruction under the heading exists to prevent.

6. 6
   You fill this in

   The request for removal, if you want it

   The lower half. Four conditions are printed above it, from no rubbish in the vehicle to at least two inflated tires on the accessible end.

   Watch out: Skip this half entirely if you are having the vehicle collected privately. Signing it commits you to conditions you may not be planning to meet.

7. 7
   You fill this in

   Name, signature, address and telephone numbers

   The removal request's own block, with home and business telephone numbers in separate boxes.

   Watch out: Give a number that will be answered. The inspector's visit and the contractor's six-week window both depend on someone being reachable.

8. 8
   Somebody else fills this in

   Page two, official use only

   Plates received, by whom and on what date, approved by, and a remarks panel. The county completes all of it.

   Watch out: The plates-received line is the county's record that you handed the plates in. If you did not, the responsibility for destroying them is yours.

What gets this one rejected

• •One copy. The instruction under the heading is that two copies are submitted, wet signature signed originals - a printed scan of a signed sheet is not one of them.
• •An unendorsed certificate. The title must be endorsed by all registered owners and by the lienholder if applicable, with the odometer reading completed, before it is surrendered for cancellation.
• •Junking a vehicle you intend to sell for parts to a buyer who wants to rebuild it. The certificate is cancelled and the vehicle can never again be titled or registered - there is no route back.
• •Asking the City to remove a vehicle parked somewhere it may not be. The county will not remove a vehicle parked illegally on a public street or property, or on private property not owned by the applicant without the owner's written permission.
• •Forgetting the plates. If the last issued license plates are not surrendered, the owner is responsible to ensure their destruction.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

• •Two halves, and the second is optional. The statement of facts stands alone. The request for removal underneath it is only for an owner who wants the City's contractor to take the vehicle away.
• •Four conditions before a tow. No debris or rubbish in the vehicle; easily accessible for the tow truck; at least two inflated tires, front or rear depending on which end is accessible; and parked on property the applicant owns or legally parked on a public street.
• •A notice goes in the windscreen. The applicant agrees to place the notice form in the vehicle so it is visible from outside, to tell any agency that the vehicle has been turned over to the City for removal.
• •An inspector comes first. A Motor Vehicle Control inspector checks the conditions, writes a control number on the vehicle to identify it, and the derelict vehicle contractor removes it within six weeks.
• •It is the answer to years of arrears. Honolulu's own description of the junk vehicle programme is that it is free for residents and waives all back registration and fees - which is the alternative to a buyer inheriting them.

Every line here was read off CS-L(MVR)202 (06/2026) itself — the PDF is here — and off the City and County of Honolulu Division of Motor Vehicle, Licensing and Permits pages. This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ, theirs governs.

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