How the County can collect unpaid fines

Collection of Unpaid Civil Fines. In addition to any other procedures for the collection of unpaid civil fines available to the County by law, the County may add unpaid civil fines as herein defined to any County taxes, fees or charges, except for residential water or sewer charges, if the person(s) or entity fined have exhausted all appeal rights, including judicial appeal rights pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes 91-14.Judicial Enforcement of Order. The County Engineer may institute a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of any order issued pursuant to this Section. Where the civil action has been instituted to enforce the civil fine imposed by said order, the County Engineer need only show that the notice of violation and order were served, that a civil fine was imposed, the amount of the civil fine imposed, and that the fine imposed has not been appealed in a timely manner and has not been paid.