Hawaii Revised Statutes 353-23 – Disposition of property subject to action for damages
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 353-23
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Committed person: means a person committed to the custody of the director of corrections and rehabilitation for imprisonment pursuant to chapter 706, including a probationer serving a term of imprisonment pursuant to section 706-624(2)(a) and a misdemeanant or petty misdemeanant sentenced pursuant to section 706-663. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 353-1
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
No disposition of any estate, either by will or otherwise, after the arrest for crime of which the committed person was convicted, whether the sentence is for life or otherwise, shall have any advantage or preference over the claim of any person entitled to damages for a private injury committed by the criminal, unless the disposition was made for a valuable and equivalent consideration to a person ignorant of the arrest.