Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 3 - DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 29 - DOGS, CATS, AND OTHER CARNIVORES › Subchapter 2 - IMPORT REQUIREMENTS › Section 4-29-7 - Transiting private and commercial vessel responsibility

Current through June, 2024
(a) Dogs, cats, and other carnivores aboard a
				  transiting private or commercial vessel in Hawaiian waters may be permitted by
				  an inspector to remain on board no longer than forty-eight hours after the
				  vessel is first anchored, moored, or docked in the Hawaiian Islands except that
				  animals subject to quarantine may be allowed to remain on board for up to ten
				  days when the requirements of section
				  4-29-7.1
				  are met. For purposes of this subchapter, a transiting vessel is any vessel in
				  Hawaiian waters whose owner, captain, or other person in charge intends that
				  the vessel will remain in Hawaiian waters less than ten calendar days, and
				  Hawaiian waters are those waters over which the State of Hawaii has
				  jurisdiction.
(b) The owner,
				  captain, or other person in charge of a transiting private or commercial vessel
				  subject to this section with dogs, cats, or other carnivores on board remaining
				  in Hawaiian waters less than forty-eight hours after the vessel is first
				  anchored, moored, or docked in the Hawaiian Islands shall submit a signed
				  statement witnessed by an inspector and attached to the shipmaster's
				  declaration attesting that the animals in question shall be securely confined
				  on board the vessel at all times during the period the vessel remains in
				  Hawaiian waters, and that no other dogs, cats, or other carnivores will be
				  allowed aboard the vessel during the time it is in Hawaii.
(c) Computation of the forty-eight-hour
				  period shall begin at the time the vessel first docks, anchors, or moors in the
				  Hawaiian Islands regardless of the number of ports to be visited.
(d) If the vessel is still in Hawaiian waters
				  or at a port within the State after forty-eight hours, all dogs, cats, and
				  other carnivores on board shall be transported to the animal quarantine
				  station.
(e) If the
				  forty-eight-hour period expires while the vessel is at sea moving from one port
				  to another, the state veterinarian shall be notified immediately upon arrival
				  at the next port of call and arrangements shall be made by the owner, captain,
				  or other person in charge of the vessel to transport the animal to the animal
				  quarantine station.
(f) The state
				  veterinarian may impound any dog, cat, or other carnivore permitted to remain
				  on board a vessel under this section, and may order the animal quarantined for
				  failure to comply with any requirement of this section. The time elapsed
				  between arrival of the vessel and the impoundment shall not be credited against
				  the period of quarantine.
(1) Animals
				  impounded on neighbor islands shall be transported by air to the port at the
				  Honolulu International Airport and, from there, to the animal quarantine
				  station.
(2) The owner, captain, or
				  other person in charge of the vessel shall be responsible for all airline fees
				  and all costs connected with investigation, impoundment, and ground
				  transportation.