HCC §12-43
How the county can sell a property bought at a tax sale
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains the payment terms when the county finance director sells a property that was bought at a tax sale. The buyer must pay a down payment and monthly installments with interest. If the buyer misses a payment, they lose the property and all money paid.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Sale of land by director; terms
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.
Whenever any assessment unit has been bid in by the director of finance at any sale for default of the owner thereof, the director of finance, in making such sale thereof as may by law be authorized, may sell the assessment unit, upon the following terms and conditions: (1) A down payment at the sale of twenty percent of the sale price; IMPROVEMENTS BY ASSESSMENTS § 12-43 (2) The balance payable in monthly installments of not less than one and one- third percent of the total sale price, plus interest at the rate of five percent per annum upon all unpaid balances; (3) Failure for thirty days to pay any installment due shall effect an entire forfeiture of the purchaser’s right, title and interest in such assessment unit in any payments previously made by the purchaser on account thereof; (4) Such building restrictions as the director of finance may prescribe; and (5) The assessment unit when sold shall be subject to real property taxes. Article 4. Finance and Payment.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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