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HRS §560:3-812

No executions or levies against estate property

This section stops creditors from using a court order to seize or take property that belongs to a dead person's estate to pay a judgment against the dead person or the estate's personal representative. However, it does not stop lenders from enforcing valid mortgages, pledges, or liens on that property through proper legal action.

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The statute, as written — Execution and levies prohibited

No execution may issue upon nor may any levy be made against any property of the estate under any judgment against a decedent or a personal representative, but this section shall not be construed to prevent the enforcement of mortgages, pledges or liens upon real or personal property in an appropriate proceeding.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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