The general conditions and results of rearrangement studies of the 5‐, 6‐, 7‐, and 8‐chloro‐substituted 3‐amino‐3,4‐dihydro‐1‐hydroxycarbostyrils in concentrated hydrochloric and hydro‐bromic acids to the corresponding dihalosubstituted 3‐amino‐3,4‐dihydrocarbostyrils have been described. The 5‐, 7‐ and 8‐chlorocarbostyrilhydroxamic acids undergo nucleophilic displacement by either chloride or bromide ion preferentially at the 6‐position to form the respective 5,6‐, 6,7‐ and 6,8‐dihalolactams. However, with the 3‐amino‐6‐chloro‐3,4‐dihydro‐1‐hydroxycarbo‐styril where the 6‐position is blocked, nucleophilic displacement by halide ions occurs at the 8‐position to afford the 6,8‐dihalolactams. The 6,8‐dichloro‐ and 6,8‐dibromolactams were also prepared by alternative halogenation procedures for purposes of comparison with the rearrangement products.