Prejudgment Attachment

The plaintiff, in any action upon a contract, express or implied, at the time of commencing the action, or at any time afterward before judgment, may have the property of the defendant, or that of any one or more of several defendants, which is not exempt from execution, attached. no writ of attachment shall be issued against the State, or any political municipal corporation, or subdivision thereof; or in circumstances where garnishment is authorized (HRS § 651-2) Before any writ of attachment shall issue, the plaintiff, or someone in the plaintiff's behalf, shall make and file with the clerk an affidavit showing that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff, specifying the amount of the indebtedness over and above all just credits and offsets, and that the attachment is not sought and the action is not prosecuted to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the defendant. (HRS § 651-3) Before the writ of attachment shall issue, the plaintiff, or someone in the plaintiff's behalf, shall execute and file with the clerk a bond or undertaking with two or more sureties, in a sum at least double the amount for which the plaintiff demands judgment, and in no case less than $50 in a district court, or $300 in any other court, conditioned that the plaintiff will prosecute the plaintiff's action without delay, and will pay all costs that may be adjudged to the defendant, and all damages which the defendant may sustain by reason of the attachment. (HRS § 651-4)

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0651/HRS_0651-0002.htm