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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
If any animal mentioned in section 142-63 trespasses or strays on any of the government roads bounded on both sides by legal fence, or upon any government land which is not used for animal husbandry situated in the counties of Hawaii, Maui and Kauai and the city and county of Honolulu, any police officer or such person as may be thereunto authorized by ordinance of the councils of said counties and city and county, may take up the animal and impound the same as said councils shall provide. The owner of the animals so taken up or impounded shall pay to the police officer or such person as may be authorized fees as provided in section 142-70 hereof. In addition, if any damage is done by the animals to a government road or land or improvements thereon, the owner thereof shall further pay such amount as shall be fixed by the directors of finance of said counties or city and county. In case the charges and pound fees are not paid, the animals impounded shall be sold at public auction as provided by any ordinance relating thereto.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 142-66 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-1-government/hi-rev-st-sect-142-66/
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