HRS §142-13
Report sick animals to the agriculture department
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you know or think an animal on your property or someone else's property has a contagious disease, you must tell the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity right away. If you don't, you can be fined.
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The statute, as written — Reporting disease; penalty
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Any person knowing or having reason to believe that any animal on or about that person's premises or the premises of another is affected with any infectious or contagious disease who fails to promptly report the same to the department of agriculture and biosecurity, shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500.
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