HRS §143-15
County contracts for catching and holding dogs
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A county can hire an animal protection group to catch and hold dogs without licenses, plus lost or stray dogs. The county can say how the work is done and what happens to dogs that are not claimed.
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The statute, as written — Contracts for seizing and impounding dogs
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 county may contract with any society or organization formed for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or similar dog protective organization, for the seizure and impounding of all unlicensed dogs, and for the maintenance of a shelter or pound for unlicensed dogs, and for lost, strayed, and homeless dogs, and for the destruction or other disposition of seized dogs not redeemed as provided in this chapter. The county may prescribe in the contract the manner in which the work is to be done by the society or organization and it may also direct the disposition to be made of all dogs seized pursuant to this chapter.
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