HCC §4-4-23
Getting your dog back after it is sold
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If your dog was taken and sold under this law, you can buy it back within 30 days after the sale. You must pay the buyer the sale price, plus $1 for each day since the sale, and any real vet bills.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Redemption of seized dogs after sale
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.
The owner of any dog which has been seized and sold as provided in this chapter may, at any time within thirty days after the sale, redeem the same from the purchaser by paying to the purchaser the amount of the purchase price paid by the purchaser and the sum of $1 per day for the number of days from the date of sale to and including the date of redemption, plus bona fide veterinary expenses.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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