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Full Statute Name: West's Hawai'i Revised Statutes Annotated. Division 1. Government. Title 11. Agriculture and Animals. Chapter 143. Animals: Licenses and Regulations; Title 12. Conservation and Resources. Subtitle 4. Forestry and Wildlife; Recreation Areas; Fire Protection. Chapter 183D. Wildlife. Part V. Wild Birds and Other Wildlife.
Primary Citation: H R S § 143-1 - 20; H R S § 183D-65 Country of Origin: United States Last Checked: February, 2018 Alternate Citation: HI ST § 143-1 to 20; HI ST § 183D-65
Link to § 142-75. Human bitten by dog; duty of dog owners; action against owner
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Link to Hawaii Service Animal Laws
Division 1. Government. Title 11. Agriculture and Animals. Chapter 143. Animals: Licenses and Regulations
§ 143-1. Definitions
§ 143-2. License required
[§ 143-2.5]. Regulation of other animals
[§ 143-2.6]. Animal desertion
§ 143-3. License fee controlled by ordinance
§ 143-4. Issuance of license and tags
§ 143-5. Removal and imitation of dog tags
§ 143-6. Lost dog tags
§ 143-7. Pounds and animal control officers
§ 143-8. Seizure and redemption of unlicensed dogs
§ 143-9. Redemption of dog after sale
§ 143-10. Stray dogs
§ 143-11. Redemption of stray licensed dogs
§ 143-12. Seizure and disposal of diseased dogs; penalty
§ 143-13. Destruction of diseased or unfit dogs
§ 143-14. Female dogs
§ 143-15. Contracts for seizing and impounding dogs
§ 143-16. Contract between county of Kauai and Kauai Humane Society
§ 143-17. Wrongful interference with officers
§ 143-19. Penalty
[§ 143-20]. Reporting of dog or cat captured or killed in snare or trap
Division 1. Government. Title 12. Conservation and Resources. Subtitle 4. Forestry and Wildlife; Recreation Areas; Fire Protection. Chapter 183D. Wildlife. Part V. Wild Birds and Other Wildlife
§ 143-1. Definitions.
"Officer" means any sheriff, deputy, any member of a police force in counties with a population of less than 100,000 and animal control officers of the several counties of the State;
"Owner" includes every person owning, harboring, or keeping a dog; provided that if the owner is a minor under the age of eighteen years, the parent, guardian, or other person having the care, custody, or control of the minor shall be irrebuttably presumed to be the owner;
"Unlicensed dog" means any dog for which the license for the current year has not been paid or to which the tag provided for in this chapter is not attached.
(L 1941, c 268, § 1; RL 1945, § 7151; RL 1955, § 156-1; am L 1963, c 85, § 3; HRS § 143-1; am L 1983, c 227, § 2; am L 1989, c 211, pt of § 10; am L 1990, c 281, pt of § 11)
§ 143-2. License required.
Upon the receipt of the license fee, the director of finance shall issue to the person paying the fee a license stating the following:
§ 143-2.5. Regulation of other animals.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a limitation on the authority of the counties to regulate, including by licensure, animals other than dogs.
(L 1988, c 270, § 2)
§ 143-2.6. Animal desertion.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal or any person in possession of an animal that belongs to another person to leave the animal without the intention of returning to it.
Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
(L 1992, c 223, § 1)
§ 143-3. License fee controlled by ordinance.
Except where licenses are dispensed with pursuant to section 143-2, each county council shall have the power to fix the license fee for dogs on a biennial basis. Until and unless otherwise provided by ordinance the biennial license fee for each dog shall be $4. Any person owning or having the custody or control of any dog shall pay the license fee to the director of finance of the county in which the dog is owned, kept, or controlled. The license fee shall be due and payable on January 2 of every second year and shall be paid before March 11 of every second year, or within thirty days after the exemption ceases in the case of dogs becoming subject to this chapter.
All moneys received by the director of finance under this chapter shall be paid into the general fund of such county.
(L 1941, c 268, § 3; RL 1945, § 7153; RL 1955, § 156-3; am L 1959, c 120, § 1; HRS § 143-3; am L 1973, c 146, § 2; am L 1980, c 148, § 1)
§ 143-4. Issuance of license and tags.
§ 143-5. Removal and imitation of dog tags.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove any tag from any dog not owned by the person or under the person's control, or to place on any dog any license tag not issued as herein provided, or to make or have in possession or to place on a dog any counterfeit or imitation of any license tag provided for in this chapter.
(L 1941, c 268, § 5; RL 1945, § 7155; RL 1955, § 156-5; HRS § 143-5; am imp L 1984, c 90, § 1)
§ 143-6. Lost dog tags.
If any license tag is lost or stolen, the person to whom the tag was issued shall be entitled to receive a duplicate thereof by presenting to the director of finance who issued the license the original license and satisfactory proof that the tag was lost or stolen.
(L 1941, c 268, § 6; RL 1945, § 7156; RL 1955, § 156-6; HRS § 143-6; am L 1987, c 201, § 1)
§ 143-7. Pounds and animal control officers.
The council of each county may establish and maintain pounds for the impounding of dogs under this chapter, and may provide for the appointment and compensation of animal control officers who shall have all the powers of a sheriff or police officer in carrying out this chapter.
(L 1941, c 268, § 13; RL 1945, § 7164; RL 1955, § 156-7; am L 1963, c 85, § 3; HRS § 143-7; am L 1983, c 227, § 4; am L 1989, c 211, pt of § 10; am L 1990, c 281, pt of § 11)
§ 143-8. Seizure and redemption of unlicensed dogs.
(L 1941, c 268, § 7; RL 1945, § 7157; RL 1955, § 156-8; HRS § 143-8; am L 1973, c 146, § 3; am L 1983, c 227, § 5)
§ 143-9. Redemption of dog after sale.
The owner of any dog which has been seized and sold as provided in this chapter, at any time within thirty days after the sale, may redeem the dog from the purchaser by paying to the purchaser the amount of the purchase price paid by the purchaser and an impoundment fee per day as provided in section 143-8, for the number of days from the date of sale to and including the date of the redemption. If the dog has been neutered in the manner provided in section 143- 8, the owner shall pay to the purchaser the amount of the neutering charge.
(L 1941, c 268, § 8; RL 1945, § 7158; RL 1955, § 156-9; HRS § 143-9; am L 1983, c 227, § 6; am imp L 1984, c 90, § 1)
§ 143-10. Stray dogs.
Every person who takes into the person's possession any stray dog shall immediately notify the animal control officer and release the dog to the animal control officer upon demand. If there is attached to the dog a license tag for the then current year, the animal control officer shall notify in writing the person to whom the license was issued, at the address given in the license certificate, and, upon demand made within twenty-four hours thereafter and without charge, shall release the dog to the person. If no person lawfully entitled to the dog, within nine days after the date of giving the notice, shall claim the dog, the dog may be sold or destroyed by the animal control officer in the manner provided in section 143-8 for unlicensed dogs.
(L 1941, c 268, § 9; RL 1945, § 7159; RL 1955, § 156-10; HRS § 143-10; am L 1983, c 227, § 7; am imp L 1984, c 90, § 1)
§ 143-11. Redemption of stray licensed dogs.
The owner of any licensed dog impounded and not claimed within twenty-four hours as provided in section 143-10, may redeem the dog at any time before the sale or destruction of the dog by paying to the animal control officer an impoundment fee per day as provided in section 143-8, for the number of days the dog was impounded.
(L 1941, c 268, § 10; RL 1945, § 7160; RL 1955, § 156-11; HRS § 143-11; am L 1983, c 227, § 8)
§ 143-12. Seizure and disposal of diseased dogs; penalty.
Any police officer or animal control officer may seize and, after notice to the owner if the owner can be found, may kill any dog running at large which is so obviously diseased as to be a menace to the health of persons or animals.
Any owner of any dog so diseased, who recovers the dog from the police officer or animal control officer, after notice as aforesaid, and does not furnish forthwith suitable medical treatment and care for, or destroy, the diseased dog, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(L 1937, c 217, §§ 1, 2; RL 1945, § 7161; RL 1955, § 156-12; HRS § 143-12; am L 1983, c 227, § 9; am imp L 1984, c 90, § 1)
§ 143-13. Destruction of diseased or unfit dogs.
All dogs taken into the custody of the animal control officer which by reason of age, disease, or other causes, are unfit for further use or are dangerous to keep impounded, may be forthwith humanely destroyed by the animal control officer.
(L 1941, c 268, § 11; RL 1945, § 7162; RL 1955, § 156-13; HRS § 143-13; am L 1983, c 227, § 10)
§ 143-14. Female dogs.
(L 1941, c 268, § 12; RL 1945, § 7163; RL 1955, § 156-14; HRS § 143-14)
§ 143-15. Contracts for seizing and impounding dogs.
L 1941, c 268, § 14; RL 1945, § 7165; RL 1955, § 156-15; HRS § 143-15)
§ 143-16. Contract between county of Kauai and Kauai Humane Society.
(L 1953, c 117, § 1; am L 1955, c 8, § 1; RL 1955, § 156-16; HRS § 143-16)
§ 143-17. Wrongful interference with officers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to resist or obstruct any officer in the exercise of the officer's duties as provided in this chapter.
(L 1941, c 268, § 15; RL 1945, § 7166; RL 1955, § 156-17; HRS § 143-17; am imp L 1984, c 90, § 1)
§ 143-18. Unlawful disposition of impounded dogs.
(L 1941, c 268, § 16; RL 1945, § 7167; RL 1955, § 156-18; HRS § 143-18)
§ 143-19. Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter for which no special penalty is provided shall be fined not more than $50.
(L 1941, c 268, § 18; RL 1945, § 7168; RL 1955, § 156-19; HRS § 143-19)
Any dog or cat captured or killed in any steel-jawed leg-hold trap, snare, conibear trap, or foot- or leg-hold trap, as those terms are defined in section 711-1109.37, in an area zoned as residential shall immediately be checked for identification and reported to a county animal control officer and, upon request, shall be turned over to the animal control officer.
Laws 2013, ch. 208, § 2, eff. June 26, 2013.
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT. TITLE 12. CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES. SUBTITLE 4. FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE; RECREATION AREAS; FIRE PROTECTION. CHAPTER 183D. WILDLIFE. PART V. WILD BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE.
§ 183D-65. Posting; destruction of predators.
(History. L 1985, c 174, pt of § 4)