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HCC §12-57

Small mistakes in bond or assessment amounts won't invalidate them

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section says that if there is a small, unimportant error in calculating the amount owed on an improvement bond, coupon, assessment, or related document, that error won't make the document invalid. It only applies to errors that are comparatively negligible.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Errors in computation of amount due

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.

No improvement bond, coupon, assessment or installation thereof or of the interest or penalties thereon, or certificate of sale or deed shall be held invalid for any error in the computation of the proper amount due on the same, if the error is found to be comparatively negligible. Article 5. Refunding.
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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