HCC §14-155
Property owners must give the county their contact information
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗Every property owner in Hawaii County must give the tax office their name, mailing address, phone number, and email. If you live outside the county, you must name a local agent and give their contact info too. You must update the county within 30 days if your or your agent's contact info changes.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Owner contact information required
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.
(a) Every property owner in the County of Hawaiʻi shall provide to the real property tax division the following contact information: The property owner’s name(s), mailing address, telephone number, and email. An absentee property owner, who does not physically reside within the County, shall designate an agent and provide the designated agent’s name, mailing address, telephone number, and email to the division. An agent shall reside within the County, and be duly designated and authorized by an absentee owner to act on the owner’s behalf. (b) Contact information shall be provided to the real property tax division via forms or methods designated by the finance director. (c) If there is any change to the contact information of the property owner or the property owner’s agent, the property owner or agent shall provide the updated contact information to the real property tax division within thirty calendar days from the change. (d) The real property tax division shall maintain the contact information of all property owners or agents, as applicable. (e) Failure to submit information pursuant to this section shall be considered a violation of this section. Any property owner who violates this section shall be subject to annual fines of no less than $100, but not exceeding $1,000, in a schedule prescribed by the finance director. (2024, ord 24-16, sec 2.) 14-155 SUPP. 16 (7-2024) 14-62 GENERAL WELFARE § 14-156
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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