2012 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 36. CIVIL REMEDIES AND DEFENSES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
651. Attachment and Execution
651-2 Writ; issued when.

Rules of Court

See HRCP rule 64; DCRCP rule 64.

§651-2 Writ; issued when. The plaintiff, in any action upon a contract, express or implied, may, at the time of commencing the action, or at any time afterward before judgment, 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 such judgment as 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. [L 1905, c 84, §2; am L 1909, c 60, §1; RL 1925, §2806; RL 1935, §4191; RL 1945, §10142; RL 1955, §233-2; HRS §651-2; am L 1977, c 33, §1; gen ch 1985]

Cross References

Exemptions from execution, see part III of this chapter.

Case Notes

Attachment available only where contract at issue also establishes a debtor-creditor relationship for payment of money. 485 F. Supp. 1015.

Does not prohibit garnishment against municipal corporations. 23 H. 564, 570.

Seizure of automobile under writ of attachment. 38 H. 279, 298.

Cited: 26 H. 342, 346.

Hawaii Legal Reporter Citations

Writ of attachment. 79 HLR 79-0753.