HRS §653-2
How wages can be taken to pay debts
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that a person's salary, stipend, or wages can be taken (attached) to pay their debts, but only in the way this chapter describes. It does not give details on how the process works.
debtors
The statute, as written — Attachment of salary, etc
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 salary, stipend, or wages of the beneficiary may be attached for, and applied in the payment of the beneficiary's debts, in the manner prescribed in this chapter.
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