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<br /> Section 4-19. Impounding. <br /> Any dog, while being a stray, shall be seized and impounded by the animal control <br /> <br /> contractor or any other officer authorized by law and shall be disposed of in accordance with the <br /> <br /> provisions of chapter 143, Hawaii Revised Statutes and section 4-44. A special officer of the <br /> animal control contractor shall be authorized to enforce this article if deputized by the chief of <br /> <br /> police to do so. <br /> Section 4-20. Applicability. <br /> The provisions of this article shall not apply to: <br /> (1) Licensed guide, signal, or service dogs trained to assist disabled persons when <br /> such dogs are actually being used by disabled persons for the purpose of aiding <br /> them; <br /> (2) Licensed dogs trained and used by the police department of the County of <br /> Hawaii or other law enforcement agencies in law enforcement work while such <br /> dogs are engaged in the performance of such work; <br /> (3) Licensed hunting dogs when accompanied by their owner on public or private <br /> hunting and/or shooting grounds; or <br /> (4) Licensed obedience trial, tracking, and show dogs accompanied by their owner <br /> and being trained or in competition in public parks or school grounds, provided <br /> permission is first obtained from the proper park or school authorities for such <br /> use. <br /> Section 4-21. Enforcement. <br /> For any violation of any of the provisions of this article or of the provisions of chapter 143, <br /> Hawaii Revised Statutes, it shall be the duty of any police officer and any other officer authorized <br /> to seize and impound any dog running at large within the meaning of this article to issue a <br /> complaint and summons to the owner or other person charged with the responsibility of complying <br /> with the provisions of this article or with the provisions of chapter 143, Hawaii Revised Statutes. <br /> Said complaint and summons shall instruct such owner or person to report to the respective district <br /> court of the County of Hawaii. The complaint and summons may be satisfied by payment in <br /> person or by mailing the specified amount shown on said complaint and summons prior to the <br /> court date designated by the complaint and summons. <br /> Section 4-22. Summons. <br /> (a) There shall be provided for use by officers authorized to enforce laws relating to the <br /> regulation and control of dogs, a form of summons for use in citing violators of the <br /> provisions of this article or the provisions of chapter 143, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Said <br /> summons shall be printed in a form commensurate with the form of other summonses <br /> used in modern methods of arrest, so designed to include all necessary information to <br /> make the same valid and legal within the laws and regulations of the State of Hawaii and <br /> the County of Hawaii. The form and content of such summons shall be as adopted or <br /> prescribed by the administrative judge of the district courts. <br /> 7 <br /> <br />