HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

371

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to foreclosures.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 667-1.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§667-1.5  Foreclosure by action[.]; asset not secured by mortgage.  (a)  The circuit court may assess the amount due upon a mortgage, whether of real or personal property, without the intervention of a jury, and shall render judgment for the amount awarded, and the foreclosure of the mortgage.  Execution may be issued on the judgment, as ordered by the court.

     (b)  A mortgage creditor is prohibited from executing on any asset of the debtor beyond the asset that is secured by the mortgage."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Foreclosures; Asset

 

Description:

Prohibits a mortgage creditor from executing on any asset of the debtor beyond the asset that is secured by the mortgage.

 

 

 

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