HCC §19-18
Public access to tax maps and records
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that all maps and records made or kept by the tax director or staff are public records. If the director leaves office, the records go to the next director. During business hours, the public can inspect these records unless the Uniform Information Practices Act keeps them private.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Records open to public
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.
All maps and records compiled, made, obtained, or received by the director or any of the director’s subordinates shall be public records, and in case of the death, removal, or resignation of any such officers, shall immediately pass to the care and custody of their respective successors. The information and all maps and records connected with the assessment and collection of taxes under this chapter shall, during business hours, be open to the inspection of the public unless protected from disclosure by the provisions of the Uniform Information Practices Act. REAL PROPERTY TAXES § 19-19
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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