HRS §444-22
No payment if you work without a license
If you do contracting work without the license this chapter requires, you cannot sue to get paid for that work or for materials. This applies even if you try to claim the reasonable value of your work. You must have the license before you make the contract.
contractors
The statute, as written — Civil action
The failure of any person to comply with any provision of this chapter shall prevent such person from recovering for work done, or materials or supplies furnished, or both on a contract or on the basis of the reasonable value thereof, in a civil action, if such person failed to obtain a license under this chapter prior to contracting for such work.
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