HCC §4-3-2
Penalty for not removing stray animals
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If your animal wanders onto public or private land or a highway, and you are told to remove it but do not do so within 24 hours, you can be fined up to $100. This is in addition to any other charges or damages you may owe.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Failure to remove animal; penalty
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.
In addition to the charges or damages in section 4-3-1, the owner of any animal which trespasses, roams, strays, or grazes upon any public or private lands, or upon a public highway in the County, if upon notice, fails to remove the animals within twenty- four hours thereof, shall be guilty of a violation of this section and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $100.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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