HCC §32-60
County can foreclose on property for unpaid special taxes
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If a special tax for bond payments is not paid on time, the county can start a foreclosure action after the payment is late for 120 days. The county council may also promise bond owners to start and finish foreclosure actions, and can set deadlines and conditions for doing so.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Foreclosure action to collect unpaid special taxes
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) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, if any amount levied as a special tax for the payment of bond interest or principal is not paid when due, the County shall, after one hundred twenty days of delinquency of any installment of principal, order that the same, together with any penalties, interest and costs, be collected by an action brought to foreclose the lien of special tax. (b) The council may covenant, for the benefit of bond owners, to commence and diligently pursue to completion any foreclosure action regarding delinquent installments of any amount levied as a special tax for the payment of interest on or principal of any bonds that are issued. The covenant may specify a deadline for commencement of the foreclosure action and any other terms and conditions the council determines reasonable regarding the foreclosure action. (1994, ord 94-77, sec 3.)32-60
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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