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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 165-4 (2026)

  Right to farm

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     §165-4  Right to farm.  No court, official, public servant, or public employee shall declare any farming operation a nuisance for any reason if the farming operation has been conducted in a manner consistent with generally accepted agricultural and management practices.  There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a farming operation does not constitute a nuisance. [L 1982, c 256, pt of §1; am L 1986, c 242, §3; am L 2001, c 26, §2]

 

Revision Note

 

  Subsection designation deleted pursuant to §23G-15.

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2013–2018 · leading case: Aana v. Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l, Inc., 965 F. Supp. 2d 1157 (D. Haw. 2013).
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Aana v. Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l, Inc., 965 F. Supp. 2d 1157 (D. Haw. 2013). · cites it 4× “of Robinson Motion) (quoting Haw.Rev.Stat. § 165-4).] Further, the Robinson Defendants note, under the Right to Farm Act, “nuisance” includes any claim for property damage caused by farming, including negligence and trespass claims.”
Morgan HONOMICHL, Robin Honomichl, Timothy Honomichl, Deb Chance, Kara Chance, Karen Jo Frescoln, Mike Merrill, & Q.H., Appellee, v. VALLEY VIEW SWINE, LLC & JBS Live Pork, LLC, Appellants., 914 N.W.2d 223 (Iowa 2018). “); Haw. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 165-4 (West, Westlaw through Act 11 of 2018 Reg.”
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