HCC §4-3-6
No pet poop or messes in public or on others' property
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This law says you cannot let your dog or other small pet poop or make a mess on sidewalks, parks, public areas, or private property without the owner's permission. You must clean up poop from the road (except at crosswalks or bus stops). Breaking this rule can cost up to $50.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Defecation and nuisance prohibited
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) No person who owns, harbors, keeps or has charge or control of any dog or other small domesticated animal shall cause, suffer, or allow such animal to soil, defile, defecate on, or commit any nuisance on any part of any street, including any sidewalk, passageway or bypath, or on any play area, park, or place where people congregate or walk, or on any public property, or on any private property, without the permission of the owner of the property. (b) The restrictions in this section shall not apply to that portion of the roadway of any street which lies between and within three feet of the edges or curbs of the roadway, except at crosswalks or bus stops, provided that the person who owns, harbors, keeps or has charge or control of a domesticated animal shall immediately and securely enclose all feces deposited by the animal in a bag, wrapper, or other container, and dispose of the same all in a sanitary manner. (c) There shall be a penalty of not more than $50 for violations of this section.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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