HRS §47-23
Which garnishment gets paid first when multiple lawsuits are filed
When several lawsuits against the same county are served on a garnishee, the one served first gets paid first. If served at the same time, the one issued first by the court gets priority. Later judgments do not jump ahead, and money is held until the first case is decided.
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The statute, as written — Successive actions
In case of successive actions being so brought against the same county defendant, precedence shall be given by the garnishee to that in which process is first served on the garnishee; and if two or more processes are simultaneously served, precedence shall be given in the order of the priority of their issuance by the courts issuing them. This order of precedence shall not be disturbed by the fact of a posterior action being carried to final judgment earlier than its anterior in time of service on the garnishee. All amounts held on account of the anterior action shall be held until the final determination thereof, and then applied in payment of the judgment therein. In case the amounts shall not be sufficient fully to satisfy the judgment, then all judgments obtained in posterior actions shall be again postponed to that in the anterior action until it is satisfied.
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