§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.