Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 636-3 (2026)

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§636-3 Judgment, orders, decrees; lien when. Any money judgment, order, or decree of a state court or the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii shall be a lien upon real property when a copy thereof, certified as correct by a clerk of the court where it is entered, is recorded in the bureau of conveyances. No such lien shall continue beyond the length of time the underlying judgment, order, or decree is in force. Except as otherwise provided, every judgment shall contain or have endorsed on it the Hawaii tax identification number, the federal employer identification number, or the last four digits only of the social security number for persons, corporations, partnerships, or other entities against whom the judgment, order, or decree is rendered. If the debtor has no social security number, Hawaii tax identification number, or federal employer identification number, or if that information is not in the possession of the party seeking registration of the judgment, order, or decree, the judgment, order, or decree shall be accompanied by a certificate that provides that the information does not exist or is not in the possession of the party seeking recordation of the judgment. Failure to disclose or disclosure of an incorrect social security number, Hawaii tax identification number, or federal employer identification number shall not in any way adversely affect or impair the lien created upon recordation of the judgment, order, or decree. When any judgment, order, or decree is fully paid, the creditor or the creditor's attorney of record in the action, at the expense of the debtor, shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the debtor a satisfaction thereof, which may be recorded in the bureau. Every satisfaction or assignment of judgment, order, or decree shall contain a reference to the book and page or document number of the registration of the original judgment. The recording fees for a judgment, order, or decree and for each assignment or satisfaction of judgment, order, or decree shall be as provided by section 502-25.

In the case of registered land, sections 501-241 to 501-248 and part II of chapter 501 shall govern.

The party seeking to record or register a judgment, order, or decree shall redact the first five digits of any social security number by blocking the numbers out on the copy of the judgment, order, or decree to be recorded or registered. [L 1913, c 32, §1; RL 1925, §2435; am L 1929, c 27, §2; RL 1935, §4133; am L 1939, c 15, §1; RL 1945, §10134; am L 1947, c 158, §2; RL 1955, §232-4; am L 1966, c 33, §6; HRS §636-3; am L 1972, c 89, §3(a); gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 47, §16; am L 1990, c 203, §5; am L 1998, c 219, §15; am L 2006, c 155, §1; am L 2008, c 86, §4; am L 2009, c 5, §4 and c 120, §15; am L 2013, c 119, §10; am L 2014, c 19, §4]

Cross References

Recordation, see §502-31.5.

Rules of Court

Recordation, see RLC rule 62(e).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 17 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: Int'l Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Wiig, 921 P.2d 117 (Haw. 1996).

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Int'l Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Wiig, 921 P.2d 117 (Haw. 1996). · cites it 17× “International Savings further contends that HRS §§ 636-3 2 and 653-11 3 must be read in conjunction with HRS § 657-5 because these statutes are in pari materia, or relate to the same matter.”

Bank of Hawaii v. Shinn, 200 P.3d 370 (Haw. 2008). · cites it 8× “Petitioner posits a third question as follows: "Is the Legislature’s 2006 amending of HRS [§ 1636-3 intended to be retroactive?” HRS § 636-3 grants a judgment creditor an automatic lien on any real property of the judgment debtor.”

Bank of Hawai'i v. Shinn, 185 P.3d 880 (Haw. App. 2008). · cites it 12× “HRS § 636-3 does not operate to terminate the lien.”

Intern. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Wiig, 921 P.2d 117 (Haw. 1996). · cites it 17× “International Savings further contends that HRS §§ 636-3 [2] and 653-11 [3] must be read in conjunction with HRS § 657-5 because these statutes are in pari materia, or relate to the same matter.”

GGS (HI), Inc. v. New York Diamond, Inc., 944 P.2d 1341 (Haw. App. 1997). · cites it 7× “In determining when a “money judgment” constitutes a lien on registered property, we must first refer to HRS § 636-3 (1993) which relates to the recordation of a money judgment on unregistered land.”

Winn v. Brady., 541 P.3d 653 (Haw. App. 2023). · cites it 15× “6 HRS § 636-3 (Supp. 2012) provides, in relevant part: Judgment, orders, decrees; lien when.”

Bank of Hawaii v. Horwoth, 787 P.2d 674 (Haw. 1990). · cites it 2× “” HRS § 636-3. But the Anthonys’ interest in the estate for years had been converted into personal estate by the time GECC recorded its judgment in the bureau of conveyances.”

Harada v. Ellis, 591 P.2d 1060 (Haw. 1979). · cites it 2× “We are referred to no case authority, and reliance is placed only on HRS § 636-3, which reads: Judgment, lien when.”

Wiesenberg v. Univ. of Hawaii., 378 P.3d 926 (Haw. 2016). · cites it 2× “See HRS § 636-3 (Supp.2015) ("Any money judgment, order, or decree of a state court or the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii shall be a lien upon real property when a copy thereof, certified as correct by a clerk of the court where it is entered, is…”

Winn v. Brady. ICA Opinion, filed 12/19/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/18/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 4/30/2024. (Haw. 2025). · cites it 45× “However, due to the potential impact of our decision on prior and pending execution sales, and considering the substantial prejudice to the intervenors, this decision, requiring that notice consistent with due process be provided to junior judgment lienholders who recorded…”

Glyn v. Roy Al Boat Mgmt. Corp., 897 F. Supp. 451 (D. Haw. 1995). · cites it 2× “, Haw. Rev.Stat. §§ 636-3, 651-1, et. seq. (Supp.”

Krystoff v. Kalama Land Co., Ltd., 965 P.2d 142 (Haw. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “Furthermore, an arbitration confirmation order that has been entered as a judgment operates as a lien upon real property when a certified copy of the judgment is recorded in the bureau of conveyances, HRS § 636-3 (1993), and may be satisfied by writs of attachment or execution.”

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