HRS §507-1
Lien for caring for someone else's animals
If you take care of animals for their owner and get paid for it, you can hold onto the animals until the owner pays you for your work. This is called a lien.
landowners
The statute, as written — Animals, lien for care of
Whoever pastures, feeds, or shelters animals by virtue of a contract with or by the consent of the owner of the animals for a compensation agreed upon, has a lien on the animals for pasturing, feeding, or sheltering to secure payment thereof with costs.
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