HRS §165-4
Farms protected from nuisance lawsuits
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Courts and government officials cannot call a farm a nuisance if it follows normal farming practices. The law assumes a farm is not a nuisance unless proven otherwise.
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The statute, as written — Right to farm
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.
No court, official, public servant, or public employee shall declare any farming operation a nuisance for any reason if the farming operation has been conducted in a manner consistent with generally accepted agricultural and management practices. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a farming operation does not constitute a nuisance.
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