{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-662-12","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 662-12","heading":"Attorney's fees.","body":"The court rendering a judgment for the plaintiff pursuant to this chapter or the attorney general making a disposition pursuant to section 662-11 may, as a part of such judgment, award, or settlement, determine and allow reasonable attorney's fees which shall not, however, exceed twenty-five per cent of the amount recovered and shall be payable out of the judgment awarded to the plaintiff; provided that such limitation shall not include attorney's fees and costs that the court may award the plaintiff as a matter of its sanctions.","path":["HI Code","Division 4","Title 36","Chapter 662"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0662/HRS_0662-0012.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"556207ccc1e1b2055519712c3a55a4e064cc272b0e7c958ca594911a2c3d0901","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-662-11","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-662-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}