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ROH §15-24.8

Keeping livestock off streets and highways

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗

This rule says you cannot let your animals wander onto a road or highway alone, and if you move them across a road, you must have enough people to keep traffic moving. It applies to animals like cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, and goats.

landowners

The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Restricting animals and livestock on highways

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) No person owning, controlling, or having the possession of any livestock or animals, such as cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine, sheep, or goats, shall wilfully or negligently permit any such livestock or animals to stray upon, or remain unaccompanied by a person in charge or control thereof, upon any street or highway. (b) No person shall drive or lead any such livestock upon, over or across any street or highway without keeping a sufficient number of herders on continual duty to open the road so as to permit the passage of vehicles. )
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.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.