HCC §12-36
Adding a fee to annual assessment payments for collection costs
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗The finance director can add a small fee to each yearly assessment payment to cover the cost of collecting it. The county council can raise this fee if needed. The money collected from this fee goes to the county.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Installment collection expense
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 director of finance may add to each annual installment on assessments an amount not less than one-half of one percent of the amount of the installment, both principal and interest, to cover the expenses of collection; provided that the council may increase such percentage to the extent the council determines from data presented by the director of finance that an increased percentage is necessary to cover the collection expenses. Such percentage when collected shall belong to the County. IMPROVEMENTS BY ASSESSMENTS § 12-37
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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