HCC §19-79

Crop shelters are exempt from property taxes

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section says that permanent structures used mainly to protect crops are not counted when figuring the value of your property for taxes. The exemption lasts only while the structure is kept in good condition.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Crop shelters

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.

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any permanent structure constructed or installed on any taxable real property used primarily for the protection of crops shall be exempted in determining and assessing the value of such taxable real property. Such exemption shall continue only as long as the structure is maintained in good condition.

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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