HCC §19-42
Getting the deed and redeeming a tax-sold property
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗After a tax sale, the county must give the buyer a deed that transfers full ownership, free of most old debts, but not later property taxes, state mineral rights, or government easements. The old owner can get the property back within one year by paying the buyer the purchase price, costs, and 12% interest.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Same; tax deed; redemption
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.
The director or the director’s subordinate shall, on payment of the purchase price, make, execute, and deliver all proper conveyances necessary in the premises and the delivery of the conveyances shall vest in the purchaser the title in fee thereto, and such title shall be free and clear of any lien, claim, or encumbrance against such property except the lien for real property taxes subsequent to that for which the property was sold, subject only to any mineral rights of the State and any easements in favor of any governmental entity; provided, that the taxpayer may redeem the property sold by payment to the purchaser at the sale, within one year from the date of the sale, of the amount paid by the purchaser, together with all costs and expenses which the purchaser was required to pay, including the fee for recording the deed, and in addition thereto, interest on such amount at the rate of twelve percent a year.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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