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HRS §432:2-403

Benefits cannot be taken to pay debts

Money or other benefits from a society cannot be taken by creditors through legal processes like garnishment to pay a member's or beneficiary's debts. This protection applies before and after the society pays the benefit.

beneficiaries

The statute, as written — Benefits not attachable

No money or other benefit, charity, relief or aid to be paid, provided or rendered by a society, shall be liable to attachment, garnishment or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of a member or beneficiary, or any other person who may have a right thereunder, either before or after payment by the society.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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