HRS §142-64
Animals on unfenced cultivated land
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if your animals wander onto someone's unfenced cultivated land and cause damage, you must pay the full amount of the damage to the person who suffered it, once the damage is proven.
landowners
The statute, as written — On unfenced cultivated land
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.
If any of the animals mentioned in section 142-63 trespasses on any unfenced cultivated ground, the owner thereof shall pay upon proof, the full amount of the damage or loss to the landowner or to any person in possession of the land, whoever suffers the damage or loss.
Sections this one refers to
§142-63 Animal owner must pay for damage to fenced crops
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