HCC §24-141
Put up warning signs when moving livestock across a road
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If you drive or herd livestock across a public road, you must put up warning signs before they cross and take them down right after. The signs must be placed a certain distance from the crossing point, depending on the road's speed limit, unless the crossing is clearly visible.
landowners
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Warning signs required for livestock movement
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Any person who drives or herds any livestock across a public highway shall place warning signs adjacent to the public highway. The signs shall be posted immediately before and removed immediately after the livestock cross the highway. (b) In areas where the speed limit is more than thirty-five miles per hour, said signs shall be posted five hundred feet from the crossing point on each approach except when the crossing point is clearly visible within said distance. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 24-141 (c) In areas where the speed limit is thirty-five miles per hour or less, signs shall be posted two hundred fifty feet from the crossing point on each approach except when the crossing point is clearly visible within this distance.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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