HCC §19-29
Small mistakes won't cancel your property tax assessment
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that minor errors in the tax assessment process won't make your tax bill invalid. If the county published the required notice, a wrong or missing owner name won't cancel the assessment. Even if the assessment was finished late, it still stands.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Informalities not to invalidate assessments, mistakes in
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.
names or notices, etc. No assessment or act relating to the assessment or collection of taxes under this chapter shall be illegal or invalidate such assessment, levy, or collection on account of mere informality, nor because the same was not completed within the time required by law, nor, if the notice by publication provided for by section 19-27 has been given, on account of a mistake in the name of the owner or supposed owner of the property assessed, or failure to name the owner, or failure to give the notice of assessment by personal delivery or mail provided for by section 19-27. Article 3. Tax Bills, Payments and Penalties.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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