§507-48 - Owner may retain amount due.

§507-48  Owner may retain amount due. 
Whenever the work or material for which a lien is filed is furnished to any
contractor for use as set forth in section 507-42, the owner may retain from
the amount payable to the contractor sufficient to cover the amount due or to
become due to the person or persons who filed the lien. [L 1888, c 21, §6; RL
1925, §2896; RL 1935, §4370; RL 1945, §8774; RL 1955, §193-46; HRS §507-48]

Case Notes

  Retention of money by owner.  10 H. 151; 25 H. 347, 413.

  "Owner".  22 H. 765.

  Owner and surety relationships.  32 H. 913.

  Cited:  21 H. 736, 738; 23 H. 744, 746.