HRS §651-2
When a court can issue an attachment order
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗In a lawsuit over a contract, the person suing can ask to have the defendant's property held as security before the case ends. This is called attachment. It cannot be used against the government or when garnishment is already allowed.
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The statute, as written — Writ; issued when
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The plaintiff, in any action upon a contract, express or implied, at the time of commencing the action, or at any time afterward before judgment, may have the property of the defendant, or that of any one or more of several defendants, which is not exempt from execution, attached in the manner hereinafter prescribed, as security for the satisfaction of any judgment that the plaintiff may recover, but no writ of attachment shall be issued: (1) Against the State, or any political municipal corporation, or subdivision thereof; or (2) In circumstances where garnishment is authorized under chapter 652.
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