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No laws or regulations on dogs living in Hawaii. Per the State of Hawaii, Department of Health: "Hawaii is the only state in the United States that is free of rabies and all dogs and cats entering the state must follow import rabies quarantine requirements.

Furthermore, the law requires dogs and cats that do not meet all of the specific 5 Day Or Less program requirements to be quarantined for up to 120 days upon arrival in Hawaii. Please read thoroughly the following documents containing details on the rabies quarantine programs for importing dogs and cats.

Hawaii's Direct Release Program Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii (HNL) and be released from the airport on the same day as arrival. Your pet will be examined by the Animal Quarantine Station upon arrival (or within a few hours of arrival) and will not be quarantined overnight.

Furthermore, the law requires dogs and cats that do not meet all of the specific 5 Day Or Less program requirements to be quarantined for up to 120 days upon arrival in Hawaii. Please read thoroughly the following documents containing details on the rabies quarantine programs for importing dogs and cats.

Your dog, or cat must have been vaccinated at least twice in its lifetime for rabies and those vaccinations must be more than 30 days apart. The latest vaccination must have done no less than 30 days prior to arrival in Hawaii. Two original copies of vaccination certificates must accompany your pet to Hawaii.

If you were bitten by a cat, dog, or ferret that appeared healthy at the time you were bitten, it can be confined by its owner for 10 days and observed. No anti-rabies prophylaxis is needed. No person in the United States has ever contracted rabies from a dog, cat or ferret held in quarantine for 10 days.

If arrival occurs before 120 days has elapsed, the animal is subject to quarantine until 120 days are completed. not qualify for either direct airport release or the 5-day-or-less quarantine program. rabies vaccinations the pet received are required. (Photocopies and computer generated certificates are not accepted.)

The pet will need a rabies shot and a booster, which can be no less than three months apart and not more than one year apart. Animals should have passed a blood serum test, with results e-mailed to Hawaii officials by the testing lab.