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OR FOR ANY OTHER INQUIRIES

PLEASE CONTACT HIHS AT

Kona Shelter 808-329-1175

Waimea Shelter 808-885-4558

Keaau Shelter 808-966-5458

Responsible

Pet Ownership

Hawaii County Codes and

Hawaii Revised Statutes

Kona 808-329-1175

Waimea 808-885-4558

Keaau 808-966-5458

HCC 4-24 Noisy Dogs

No person shall keep any dog which barks,

bays, cries, howls or makes any other noise

continuously or incessantly for a period of ten

minutes or barks, bays, cries, howls or makes

any other noise intermittently for a period of

twenty minutes within a thirty-minute period

of time to the disturbance of any person at any

time of day or night and regardless of whether

the dog is physically situated in or upon private

property.

HCC 4-25 Noisy dog; procedure for abate-

ment of nuisance

(

a) Any person disturbed

by a noisy dog shall make

a reasonable attempt to

advise the owner or cus-

todian who keeps such

dog of this fact. Reasona-

ble attempts for notifica-

tion 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.

violation of this section. The second violation

has a penalty of $75, the third $100, and any

subsequent violation $200

* Please refer to Problem Solving ~

Noisy Dogs brochure for more specific

information

Noise Complaint

The included information is not a complete

listing of all animal laws and regulations.

for a complete listing please contact us.

FOR AFTER HOURS EMERGENCIES

PLEASE CALL

YOUR LOCAL SHELTER

www.hihs.org

All dogs in the County of Hawaii

are required by law to be licensed.

HRS 143-2 License required

It shall be unlawful for any person to own or har-

bor a dog unless the dog is licensed, this law shall

not apply to dogs under the age of three months,

which do not run at large, dogs in quarantine, and

dogs brought into the state exclusively for the

purpose of entering them in a dog show or dog

exhibition and not allowed to run at large.

Licenses are available for purchase at all three

HIHS locations during normal business hours.

If your dog is found to be unlicensed it may result

in a fine up to $50 as determined by a judge.

Animal Laws

Sterilized $2.10

Un-sterilized $6.10

Licensing

HCC 4-29 Leash Required for Public

Places

No person shall bring or permit any dog in any

County park, public school ground, or airport unless

it is held under control by a suitable leash, not more

than six feet long; provided, however, that dogs

even under control by a suitable leash shall not be

allowed in any County beach park. These re-

strictions shall not apply to dogs utilized by police

for patrol or other police purposes.

HCC 4-30 Permitting to Stray

The owner of any dog which strays upon any public

lands or the private lands of another is subject to

fines of $25 - $500 and/or 100 hours of community

service as determined by a judge.

HCC 4-19 Defecation and Nuisance

Prohibited

No person who owns, harbors, keeps or has charge

or control of any dog or other small domesticated

animal shall cause, suffer, or allow such animal to

soil, defile, defecate on, or commit any nuisance on

any part of any street, including any sidewalk, pas-

sageway or bypath, or on any play area, park, or

place where people congregate or walk, or on any

public property, or on any private property, without

the permission of the owner of the property

HCC 4-23 Female dogs

Any female dog in season is not permitted to run at

large or be off the premises of the owner or keeper

during this period except when being exercised on a

leash by a responsible adult. At all other times,

when any dog is in season such dog shall be confined

within a building or enclosure in such manner that

she will not come in contact with a male dog.

Loose Animals

Licensing Fees

The Hawaii Island

Humane Society also

recommends

Microchipping as an

additional means of

identification.

HRS 711-1109 Cruelty to animals

(1) A person commits the offense of cruelty to

animals in the second degree if the person intention-

ally, knowingly, or recklessly:

(a) Overdrives, overloads, tortures, torments, beats,

causes substantial bodily injury, or starves any

animal, or causes the overdriving, overloading, tor-

ture, torment, beating, or starving of any animal;

(b) Deprives a pet animal of necessary

sustenance or causes such deprivation;

animal other than insects, vermin, or other pests;

(e) Carries or causes to be carried, in or upon any

vehicle or other conveyance, any animal in a cruel

or inhumane manner;

(f) Confines or causes to be confined, in a kennel

or cage, any pet animal in a cruel or inhumane man-

ner;

(g) Tethers, fastens, ties, or restrains a dog to a

doghouse, tree, fence, or any other stationary obj-

ect by means of a choke collar, pinch collar, or

prong collar

HRS 711-1109.6 Animal Hoarding

A person commits the offense of animal hoarding if

the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:

(a) Possesses more than fifteen dogs, cats, or a com-

bination of dogs and cats;

(b) Fails to provide necessary sustenance for

each dog or cat; and

dogs or cats are living

"Necessary Sustenance"

Includes but is not limited to the following

requirements:

(1) Food of sufficient quantity and quality to allow

for normal growth or maintenance of body weight;

(2) Open or adequate access to water in sufficient

quantity and quality to satisfy the animal's needs;

(3) Access to protection from wind, rain, or sun;

and

(4) An area of confinement that has adequate space

necessary for the health of the animal and is kept

reasonably clean and free from excess waste or

other contaminants that could affect the animal's

health.

Cruelty/Neglect