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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.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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