HCC §12-39
Paying the full assessment for a shared property
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If you own part of a property that is assessed as one unit, you can pay the entire assessment yourself. After paying, you can sue the other owners to get back their fair share of what you paid.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Owner of undivided interest
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 undivided interest in any assessment unit may pay the whole assessment thereon and may have a joint or several right of action against the other owners of any interest in the assessment unit for their proportionate share of the assessments.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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