HCC §24-18
Minimum vehicle tax and late payment penalties
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets the lowest motor vehicle tax at $12. If you do not pay your vehicle weight tax on time, you will owe an extra penalty. The penalty is $8 for passenger cars and $20 for commercial vehicles.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Motor vehicle tax; minimum tax; penalties for delinquency
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) The minimum tax assessed under section 24-17 shall in no case be less than $12. (b) Effective July 1, 2009, any vehicle weight tax imposed by section 24-17 for any year and not paid when due, shall become delinquent and a penalty of $8 for vehicles taxed at the passenger car rate and $20 for vehicles taxed at the commercial vehicle rate shall be added to, and become a part of, the tax collected.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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