KCC §5A-5.5
When a tax sale can be postponed or abandoned
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗The county can delay a tax sale if it's in everyone's best interest, and must announce the delay publicly at the sale. The sale can be called off if no bid is high enough to cover the debt and costs.
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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Same; Postponement of Sale, Etc
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Kauaʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
If at the time appointed for the sale the Director shall deem it expedient and for the interest of all persons concerned therein to postpone the sale of any property or properties for want of purchasers, or for other sufficient cause, he or she may postpone it, from time to time, until the sale shall be completed, giving notice of every such adjournment by a public declaration thereof at the time and place last appointed for the sale; provided that the sale of any property may be abandoned at the time first appointed or any adjourned date, if no proper bid is received sufficient to satisfy the lien, together with all interest, penalties, costs, expenses, and charges.
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