§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 (1895); 25 H. 347 (1920), 25 H. 413 (1920).

  "Owner".  22 H. 765 (1915).

  Owner and surety relationships.  32 H. 913 (1933).

  Cited:  21 H. 736, 738 (1913); 23 H. 744, 746 (1917).