HCC §4-4-26
Noisy dog rules: what you must do before reporting
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains how to handle a noisy dog. If a dog is bothering you, you must first try to tell the owner or caretaker. If that does not work, you can report it to the enforcement agency. The owner can be fined for not stopping the noise.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Noisy dog; reasonable attempts to reduce noise; penalties
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 disturbed by a noisy dog shall make a reasonable attempt to advise the owner or custodian who keeps such dog of this fact. Reasonable attempts for notification include by letter, email, visit to the owner or custodian, or any other legal method. If the person disturbed by a noisy dog is unable to notify the owner or custodian of the noisy dog, or after notifying the owner or custodian, the nuisance is not abated, the person disturbed by the noisy dog may then notify the appropriate enforcement agency. (b) The owner or custodian of a noisy dog that causes a disturbance as provided in section 4-4-25 shall be guilty of a violation of this section: (1) If after being advised of the disturbance per subsection (a), the owner or custodian of a noisy dog does not take immediate and effective action to abate the nuisance; or (2) If the appropriate enforcement agency is notified and responds to a complaint of a noisy dog and the nuisance is not abated. (c) There shall be a penalty of $50 for the first violation of this section. The second violation has a penalty of $100, the third $200, and any subsequent violation $400. 4-9 SUPP. 17 (1-2025)
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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