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Division 4 - COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGSTitle 36 - CIVIL REMEDIES AND DEFENSES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGSChapter 651 - ATTACHMENT AND EXECUTION
Part II - EXECUTION
Section 651-41 - Priority in levying

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 651-41

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Section 651-41 - Priority in levying

Every officer receiving a writ of execution issued in due form by any court or judge, shall note thereon the day and hour of its receipt, and the officer shall give priority in levying upon property of the defendant in execution, to the writs received by the officer according to the order of time in which they are received.

HRS § 651-41

CC 1859, §1021; RL 1925, §2445; RL 1935, §4144; RL 1945, §10171; RL 1955, § 233-40; HRS § 651-41; gen ch 1985

Levy makes judgment a lien.4 Haw. 165. A subsequently served garnishee process had priority over defective execution levied by marshal first.6 H. 153. Execution must be postponed to lien of prior attachment.6 Haw. 564. Cited: 3 U.S.D.C. Haw. 176, 179.