ROH §12-8.3

Dog owners must microchip their dogs and keep contact info updated

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Dog owners in Honolulu must have a microchip put in their dog and register the chip number and their contact info with a microchip company. If the owner's contact info changes, they must update it within 30 days. When a dog is sold or given away, the old owner must tell the new owner which company has the chip, and the new owner must update their contact info within 30 days. Shelters and rescue groups must chip stray dogs they take in that don't have one.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Microchip identification

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.

(a) An owner shall have a microchip implanted in the owner’s dog and the owner shall register the microchip number and the owner’s contact information with a microchip registration company. (b) When the contact information of the owner of a dog changes, the owner shall provide the new contact information to the applicable microchip registration company no later than 30 days after the change of owner contact information occurs. (c) When the owner of a dog changes: (1) The former owner must inform the new owner which microchip registration company the dog’s microchip is registered with; and (2) The new owner shall provide the microchip registration company with the new owner’s contact information no later than 30 days after the change of ownership occurs. (d) The animal control contractor or a nonprofit animal rescue organization shall implant a microchip in all stray dogs in its custody that do not have a microchip.

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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