HCC §4-2-3

County can take and hold stray animals

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The county animal control agency can pick up and keep any stray dog, cat, or other pet. They can then get rid of the animal following state law. This section only gives that power.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Power to seize and impound dogs, cats, and domesticated

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.

animals. The County animal control and protection agency shall be authorized to seize and impound any dog, cat, or other domesticated animal, when such dog, cat, or other domesticated animal is a stray, and to dispose of such dog, cat, or domesticated animal in accordance with chapter 143, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, as amended. 4-3 SUPP. 17 (1-2025)

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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