HRS §490:2A-307
Who wins when a creditor claims leased goods
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says who has a stronger claim to leased goods when a creditor gets involved. It covers creditors of the lessee, creditors of the lessor, and security interests. The rules depend on when the lease or lien happened. It is a narrow priority rule.
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The statute, as written — Priority of liens arising by attachment or levy on, security interests in, and other claims to goods
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.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 490:2A-306, a creditor of a lessee takes subject to the lease contract. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) and sections 490:2A-306 and 490:2A-308, a creditor of a lessor takes subject to the lease contract unless the creditor holds a lien that attached to the goods before the lease contract became enforceable. (c) Except as otherwise provided in sections 490:9-317, 490:9-321, and 490:9-323, a lessee takes a leasehold interest subject to a security interest held by a creditor of the lessor.
Sections this one refers to
§490:9-317 Who gets paid first when there is a security interest
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