§142-66  On public roads, lands.  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. [L 1907, c 125, §15; am L 1919, c 219, §1; RL 1925,
§703; RL 1935, §281; RL 1945, §1087; am L 1947, c 15, §1; RL 1955, §20-65; HRS
§142-66; am L 1974, c 63, §1]



 



Case Notes



 



  Under prior law it
was held that right to impound animals for trespass is altogether a statutory
right.  8 H. 710.



  Cited:  21 H. 532,
536.