§143-2 License required. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor a dog unless the dog is licensed as provided by this chapter, provided that the legislative bodies of the several counties may, by ordinance, dispense with or modify the licensing requirements of this chapter. This chapter shall not apply to dogs under the age of three months which do not run at large, dogs in quarantine and dogs brought into the State exclusively for the purpose of entering them in a dog show or dog exhibition and not allowed to run at large. [L 1941, c 268, §2; RL 1945, §7152; RL 1955, §156-2; HRS §143-2; am L 1973, c 146, §1]