HRS §346-33
Protecting assistance payments from being taken
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Money the state pays to blind people or others for work done at home or in workshops cannot be taken by creditors or transferred to someone else. This means the payments are protected from being seized or assigned.
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The statute, as written — Assistance payments inalienable
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Assistance payments and compensation paid by the department of human services to blind persons and other persons for work performed in their homes or in workshops shall be inalienable by any assignment, sale, attachment, garnishment, execution, or otherwise.
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