HRS §356D-58
Old personal property left at public housing is covered
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that the rules about abandoned personal property also apply to items left at public housing projects before May 2, 1949, if the housing authority or its predecessor took possession of them. It makes those older items subject to the same lien and removal rules.
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The statute, as written — Lien attaches to personalty in possession
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.
Sections 356D-56 and 356D-57 shall also apply to any personal property which, before May 2, 1949, was left in or about any public housing project, and was taken into the possession of the authority or its predecessor in interest, as herein set forth and provided.
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