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HRS §143-9

Getting your dog back after it is sold

If your dog was seized and sold, you can get it back within 30 days after the sale. You must pay the buyer the purchase price plus an impoundment fee for each day from the sale to the redemption date. If the dog was neutered, you also pay the neutering charge.

The statute, as written — Redemption of dog after sale

The owner of any dog which has been seized and sold as provided in this chapter, at any time within thirty days after the sale, may redeem the dog from the purchaser by paying to the purchaser the amount of the purchase price paid by the purchaser and an impoundment fee per day as provided in section 143-8, for the number of days from the date of sale to and including the date of the redemption. If the dog has been neutered in the manner provided in section 143-8, the owner shall pay to the purchaser the amount of the neutering charge.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§143-8 What happens to unlicensed dogs found running loose

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