ROH §42-1.8
Removing dead animals from your property
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗If an animal dies on your property, you must get rid of it quickly before it becomes a health problem. The city will pick up small dead animals if you leave them in an open, reachable spot, or you can take them to certain city disposal sites.
landowners
The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Removal of dead animals
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) Every owner of dead animals shall remove such animals, or cause the same to be removed, within a reasonable time after death or before the same shall constitute a nuisance.
(b) Any person who has actual knowledge of the dead animal shall cause such animal to be removed within a reasonable time after death, or before the same shall constitute a nuisance.
(c) Dead animals weighing up to 70 pounds will be collected and disposed by the division, provided they are placed in an open area that is accessible to the collector, or such animals will be accepted at any municipal incinerator during operating hours.
(d) Dead animals weighing over 70 pounds will be accepted at disposal areas other than the municipal incinerators during operating hours.
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