{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-445-23","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 445-23","heading":"Hours for auctions.","body":"No auction sale of goods, wares, and merchandise shall be conducted between the hours of 9:00 o'clock in the evening and 8:00 o'clock in the morning, and no such auction of any nature or description shall be conducted during the months of November and December of any year; provided that this section shall not apply to:\n\n(1) Sales of household furniture, vehicles, automobiles, machinery, livestock, and like bulky articles;\n\n(2) Any sale made under the direction of any court;\n\n(3) Sales of any personal property belonging to the State or any county;\n\n(4) A bona fide sale of a stock of merchandise, where the creditors of the owner thereof are engaged in the legitimate closing out of the stock;\n\n(5) Sales by hawkers on the street or peddlers from vehicles;\n\n(6) Sales by persons selling fruits, fish, seafood products, vegetables, butter, eggs, or other farm or ranch produce; or\n\n(7) Auctions held in public auction rooms that have been established for six months or more.","path":["HI Code","Division 2","Title 25","Chapter 445"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol10_Ch0436-0474/HRS0445/HRS_0445-0023.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"28adcd72b08c97547110c6b0a08b661e89f68ac780443839ffd346875b7e85b4","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-445-22","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-445-232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}