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HRS §507-2

Selling Animals to Enforce a Lien

If you own animals and someone has a lien on them for pasturing, feeding, or sheltering costs, they can sell your animals at a public auction if you don't pay within 30 days after written notice. The sale must be advertised in a local newspaper for 15 days.

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The statute, as written — Enforcement by sale of animals

If the owner of the animals, after demand and notice in writing that the lien will be enforced has been served upon the owner, fails to pay the amount due for the pasturing, feeding, or sheltering within thirty days, the holder of the lien may cause the animals to be sold at public auction, upon notice of sale being given for fifteen days by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the animals are pastured, fed, or sheltered.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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