Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 507 · 39 active provisions
Whoever pastures, feeds, or shelters animals by virtue of a contract with or by the consent of the owner of the animals for a compensation agreed upon, has a lien on the animals for pasturing, feeding, or sheltering to secure payment thereof with costs.
If the owner of the animals, after demand and notice in writing that the lien will be enforced has been served upon the owner, fails to pay the amount due for the pasturing, feeding, or sheltering within thirty days, the holder of the lien may cause the animals to be sold at public auction, upon notice of sale being gi…
Any excess over the amount due, and costs of sale and advertising realized from the sale, shall be paid to the owner of the animals sold.
Whenever any person recovers judgment for damages for personal injuries to oneself or to another, any hospital which has furnished room, board, supplies, facilities, or accommodations to the injured person in connection with the care, or treatment of such injuries, and any dentist, doctor, physician, or surgeon who has…
Whenever any lien has attached to any personal property in the possession of a bailee and is unsatisfied for the period of at least sixty days, and no other procedure is provided by law for the foreclosure of the lien, the bailee shall give public notice by publication for at least four issues of some newspaper publish…
Every person to whom there has been or is delivered any article or lot of articles of wearing apparel or of household use for the purpose of laundering, cleaning, dyeing, or pressing thereof by such person, regardless of the process to be employed, shall have a lien thereon for the amount of all charges incurred for th…
If any lien has attached to any article or lot of articles under section 507-13 and remains unsatisfied for a period of at least ninety days, the article or lot of articles may be sold in the manner herein provided. All articles received in one lot may be sold as one lot or as separate articles. Any number of articles…
Out of the proceeds of sale pursuant to section 507-14, the holder of the lien may retain the amount of the lien, plus twenty-five per cent thereof to cover expenses incurred in connection with the storage, handling, and sale of the article or lot of articles sold. Any balance remaining of the sale price of each articl…
After publication of notice of the time and place of sale of an article or lot of articles pursuant to section 507-14 and prior to the sale thereof, the article or lot of articles may be redeemed and the lien thereon satisfied only by payment of the amount of all charges incurred for the laundering, cleaning, dyeing, o…
A person who makes, alters, or repairs any article of personal property at the request of the owner of the property, shall have a lien on the property for the reasonable charges for the work done and materials furnished, excluding storage charges, and may retain possession of the property until the charges are paid; pr…
The holder of any lien provided for in section 507-18 may, upon obtaining judgment for the amount due for the repairs, alterations, or improvements, have execution upon the property so held by the holder for the satisfaction of the holder's judgment. The execution shall be issued and returned as in other civil actions.
Any person having an interest in the property held by a lienor under section 507-18 may intervene in the action.
Where an action is filed under sections 507-18 to 507-22, the plaintiff shall set forth in the plaintiff's complaint that the plaintiff claims a lien upon certain personal property, which the plaintiff shall describe with reasonable particularity. The plaintiff shall also set forth in the complaint the names of all per…
Where a dispute arises as to the application of the proceeds upon the sale under execution of property held by a lienor, the court shall order that the proceeds be paid into court. It shall thereupon determine to or among whom the proceeds shall be paid or divided. Nothing in section 604-5, limiting the jurisdiction of…
Notwithstanding sections 507-18 to 507-22, in the event the reasonable charges for the work done and materials furnished do not exceed $150, the holder of any lien provided for in section 507-18 may, in lieu of obtaining judgment and execution upon the property so held by the holder, sell the article of personal proper…
As used in this part, unless a definite meaning clearly appears from the context: "Furnishing of materials" includes supplying of: materials incorporated in the improvement or substantially consumed in construction operations or specially fabricated for incorporation in the improvement; building materials used during c…
Any person or association of persons furnishing labor or material in the improvement of real property shall have a lien upon the improvement as well as upon the interest of the owner of the improvement in the real property upon which the same is situated, or for the benefit of which the same was constructed, for the pr…
(a) Requirements. Any person claiming a lien shall apply therefor to the circuit court of the circuit where the property is situated. Such "Application For A Lien" shall be accompanied by a written "Notice Of Lien" setting forth the alleged facts by virtue of which the person claims a lien. A copy of the Application an…
The clerks at the circuit courts shall keep in their respective offices a book called "Notice of completion record" in which shall be entered a memorandum of each notice of completion filed and the date of filing, arranged alphabetically in the names of the owners. There shall also be kept a "mechanics' lien record" in…
Any mechanics' and materialmen's lien may be discharged at any time by the owner, lessee, principal contractor or intermediate subcontractor filing with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the property is located or with the assistant registrar of the land court (if registered land is affected except…
The lien shall relate to and take effect from the time of the visible commencement of operations for the improvement; it shall rank equally in priority subject to the provisos hereinafter contained with all other mechanics' and materialmen's liens and shall have priority over all other liens of any nature, except liens…
After demand and refusal of the amount due or upon neglect to pay same upon demand, the lien may be enforced by action filed in the circuit court of the circuit in which the property is situated. The demand may be included in the Application and Notice and when so included it shall not be necessary to make separate dem…
Whenever the work or material for which a lien is filed is furnished to any contractor for use as set forth in section 507-42, the owner may retain from the amount payable to the contractor sufficient to cover the amount due or to become due to the person or persons who filed the lien.
(a) Anything contained in this part to the contrary notwithstanding, in connection with any repairs or improvements made or performed on property which before the repairs or improvements was used primarily for dwelling purposes, no lien shall exist either for the furnishing of materials to a general contractor as defin…
Whenever used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: "Electronic mail" means the transmission of information or a communication by the use of a computer or other electronic means sent to a person identified by a unique address and that is received by that person. "Last known address", "last known postal a…