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HRS §653-15

Which garnishment gets paid first

This section sets the order for paying multiple garnishment claims against a beneficiary's pay. The first garnishment order served on the employer gets paid first. If orders arrive at the same time, the one issued earlier by a court gets priority, subject to another rule.

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The statute, as written — Actions, precedence

In case of successive actions being brought against any beneficiary, in which any portion of the beneficiary's salary, stipend, or wages is sought to be sequestered, as provided herein, precedence shall be given by the garnishee to one whose process is first served upon the garnishee; and if two or more such processes are simultaneously served upon the garnishee, they shall be entitled to precedence in the order of the priority of their issue by the court or courts from which they respectively emanated, subject to section 653-16.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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