Haw. Rev. Stat. » Haw. Rev. Stat. / Chapter 507
Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 507-18 (2025)

  Lien on personalty for work done and materials furnished

✓ laws through the 2025 session: the 2026 session is not included
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section HI-LEGcapitol.hawaii.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Personal Property

 

     §507-18  Lien on personalty for work done and materials furnished.  A person who makes, alters, or repairs any article of personal property at the request of the owner of the property, shall have a lien on the property for the reasonable charges for the work done and materials furnished, excluding storage charges, and may retain possession of the property until the charges are paid; provided that the registered owner of a motor vehicle registered pursuant to chapter 286 shall be considered the owner for the purposes of this section. [L 1921, c 131, §1; RL 1925, §2904; am L 1925, c 139, §1; RL 1935, §4371; RL 1945, §8775; am L 1949, c 187, §1; RL 1955, §193-21; am L 1965, c 220, §1; HRS §507-18; am L 1975, c 11, §1; am L 1987, c 151, §1]

 

Case Notes

 

  A photographer has no lien upon pictures left with photographer from which to make enlarged copies.  11 H. 746 (1899).

  Loss of lien:  Lien dependent upon possession, is not revived by repossession.  25 H. 98 (1919).

  Installment contract retention of possession by vendor, for repairs on automobile.  32 H. 84 (1931).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Fukida v. Hon/Hawaii Serv. & Repair, 33 P.3d 204 (Haw. 2001).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Fukida v. Hon/Hawaii Serv. & Repair, 33 P.3d 204 (Haw. 2001). · cites it 9× “5 The ICA did not address the district court’s *41 conclusion that, in any event, Fuldda could maintain his replevin action because the lien was unlawful due to the defendants’ failure to abide by the conditions of his authorization for the repairs and, thus, Fukida had not…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.