§143-12  Seizure and disposal of diseaseddogs; penalty.  Any police officer or animal control officer may seize and,after notice to the owner if the owner can be found, may kill any dog runningat large which is so obviously diseased as to be a menace to the health ofpersons or animals.

Any owner of any dog so diseased, who recoversthe dog from the police officer or animal control officer, after notice asaforesaid, and does not furnish forthwith suitable medical treatment and carefor, or destroy, the diseased dog, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [L 1937, c217, §§1, 2; RL 1945, §7161; RL 1955, §156-12; HRS §143-12; am L 1983, c 227,§9; gen ch 1985]