HRS §353-22
Committed person's earnings are protected from garnishment
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗Money that a committed person earns and that the department holds cannot be taken by garnishment, levy, or similar legal process to pay any debt or claim against that person. The only exception is what is allowed under a separate law.
The statute, as written — Earnings exempt from garnishment, etc
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.
No moneys earned by a committed person and held by the department, to any amount whatsoever, shall be subject to garnishment, levy, or any like process of attachment for any cause or claim against the committed person, except as provided for in section 353-22.5.
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