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HRS §490:7-602

When a court order can take goods held with a warehouse receipt

This section says that a court order (like a seizure) cannot take goods that are held by a bailee under a negotiable document of title unless the document is first given up or its transfer is blocked by a court order. The bailee does not have to hand over the goods until that happens. A buyer who buys the document in good faith without knowing about the court order keeps the goods free of the court's claim.

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The statute, as written — Judicial process against goods covered by negotiable document of title

Unless a document of title was originally issued upon delivery of the goods by a person that did not have power to dispose of them, a lien does not attach by virtue of any judicial process to goods in the possession of a bailee for which a negotiable document of title is outstanding unless possession or control of the document is first surrendered to the bailee or the document's negotiation is enjoined. The bailee may not be compelled to deliver the goods pursuant to process until possession or control of the document is surrendered to the bailee or to the court. A purchaser of the document for value without notice of the process or injunction takes free of the lien imposed by judicial process.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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