HCC §5-1-8
Extra time when notices are sent by mail
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If you get a notice or paper by mail and have a deadline to respond or act, you get two extra days. The extra time starts from the date the mail is sent. This rule applies to any required action after service by mail.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Additional time after service by mail
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.
Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act or take some proceedings within a prescribed period after the service of a notice or other paper upon the party, if the notice or paper is served upon the party by mail, two days shall be added to the prescribed period. This period shall begin as of the date of mailing. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2.) 5-1-8 Article 2. Administration. Division 1. General.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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