ROH §12-4.5
Police must give tickets for loose dogs
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section says that police and other officers who can seize loose dogs must give the dog's owner or caretaker a ticket. The ticket tells them to go to the district court's violations bureau. The person can pay bail within seven days, and if they don't show up in court, they lose the bail.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Enforcement
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
For any violation of this article or of HRS Chapter 143, it is the duty of any police officer and any other officer authorized to seize and impound any dog running at large within the meaning of this article to issue a summons to the owner or other person charged with the responsibility of complying with this article or with HRS Chapter 143. The summons shall instruct such owner or person to report at the violations bureau of the respective district courts of the City and County of Honolulu. Each such owner or person may, within seven days after the receipt of such summons, appear at such violations bureau and post a bail bond, in such amounts as may be set by the administrative judge of the district courts, for appearance on the date as may be set for such person to appear before the district court. Upon failure to appear upon such date, the bail bond shall be deemed forfeited.
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