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HCC §12-35

Paying off your assessment early

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section lets an owner pay off the remaining unpaid assessment early, but only after the 30-day period in section 12-33 has passed. The payment must include extra costs like interest, a possible premium, and a fee for publishing a bond notice. The premium cannot be more than 5% of the unpaid amount.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Advance payment of assessment installment

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

The owner of any assessment unit subject to unpaid assessment installments which are not delinquent may, at any time after the thirty day period specified in section 12-33, pay the entire unpaid principal provided the total of the following sums are also paid therewith: (1) An amount to be fixed by the director of finance for publishing notice calling bonds; (2) Interest on the unpaid principal to the interest due date on the bonds next succeeding forty-five days after the date of advance payment, plus interest for an additional six months on any portion of the unpaid principal which is not evenly divisible by $1,000; and (3) The premium required to be paid on advance payment of installments, if any, as specified in the resolution adopted by the council pursuant to section 12-10. The premium shall not exceed five percent of the unpaid amount.
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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