Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 265A — County Highways and Sidewalks

Division 1. Government — Title 15. Transportation and Utilities

Hawaii Revised Statutes as published by the Hawaii State Legislature (files updated 1/5/2026 7:14 PM).

Division 1 Government

Title 15 Transportation and Utilities

Chapter 265A County Highways and Sidewalks

§265A-1 County authority

The several councils or other governing bodies of the several political subdivisions of the State shall have the general supervision, charge, and control of, and the duty to maintain and repair, all county highways, bikeways, and sidewalks and shall have the power to determine the terms under which irrigation or drainage ditches, flumes, railroads, including plantation railroads and similar structures, telephone, electric light and power lines and pipes and other conduits may be maintained upon, under, over, and across the same, and the councils or other governing bodies may make all regulations needful for the public convenience and safety in all cases where permission has been or may be granted to maintain the ditches, railroads, pipes, or other structures across, under, over, and upon all county highways. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the several counties by ordinance may take over, or receive by dedication or otherwise, any private street or way or may improve, grade, repair, or do any construction work upon private streets, ways, pavement, water lines, street lighting systems, or sewer repairs.

[L 1981, c 4, §2; am L 1988, c 263, §9]

§265A-2 Microchip scanning of deceased animals on roadways

(a) Each county shall:

(1) Scan any cat or dog carcass found on a county roadway for a microchip;

(2) Record any microchip number or other identifying information and a basic description of the animal, if discernible; and

(3) Notify the appropriate county animal services contractor or animal control agency within forty-eight hours of discovery.

(b) A county animal services contractor or animal control agency shall make reasonable efforts to contact the registered owner of a deceased animal if microchip information is obtained.

(c) Each county may coordinate with the department of transportation or other counties to share scanner resources or protocols.

[L 2025, c 81, §4]