HRS §143-20
Reporting a dog or cat caught in a trap
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This rule says that if a dog or cat is caught or killed in a trap in a residential area, you must check it for ID and report it to animal control right away. If they ask, you must give them the animal.
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The statute, as written — Reporting of dog or cat captured or killed in snare or trap
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 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.
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