HRS §490:2A-306
Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if a business provides services or materials for leased goods and keeps those goods, a legal lien (a right to hold the goods until paid) takes priority over the lease interests, unless the law creating the lien says otherwise.
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The statute, as written — Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law
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.
If a person in the ordinary course of the person's business furnishes services or materials with respect to goods subject to a lease contract, a lien upon those goods in the possession of that person given by statute or rule of law for those materials or services takes priority over any interest of the lessor or lessee under the lease contract or this article unless the lien is created by statute and the statute provides otherwise or unless the lien is created by rule of law and the rule of law provides otherwise.
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