MCC §3.48.435
Recording a certificate for unpaid taxes or penalties
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section says when a certificate for unpaid taxes or penalties is recorded, someone who later gets an interest in the property only keeps that interest if they bought it in good faith, paid real value, and did not know about the violation. It is a narrow rule about protecting buyers.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Recordation of report or certificate
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Maui County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
In any case of recordation of a certificate for the amount of the civil penalty under
section 3.48.425 , or for the amount of tax, penalties and interest assessed or added under section
3.48.430 , a person is deemed to have an interest arising before the recordation of the certificate
only if and to the extent that the person acquired their interest in good faith and
for a valuable consideration without notice of a violation of the requirements of
section 3.48.425 having occurred.
( Ord. No. 5159 , § 5, 2020; Ord. 1076 § 3 (part), 1980: prior code § 6-1.68(f))
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026
Published by the County of Maui through Municode.
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