Hawaii Revised Statutes
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 353-28 (2025)
Property given to committed persons
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§353-28 Property given to committed persons. All property given or in any manner whatsoever accruing to a committed person, shall vest in the committed person's conservator, if the committed person is sentenced for a term of years, to be disposed of in the same manner as the committed person's other property; or if the committed person is sentenced for life, shall vest in the committed person's heirs or legatees; provided that any funds accumulated by the committed person and placed into an account as provided under section 353-20 shall be under the control and management of the director. [L 1987, c 338, pt of §3; am L 2004, c 161, §15]
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case, 1980–1980 · leading case: State v. Murray, 621 P.2d 334 (Haw. 1980).
State v. Murray, 621 P.2d 334 (Haw. 1980). “But § 353-30 and a related provision, HRS § 353-28, read together evince a definite policy to preclude dispossession of “moneys earned” from correctional labor, even to the extent of precluding a divestment order imposed as a penal sanction.”
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