ROH §14-16.5

Property assessment becomes a lien on the land

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This section says that each assessment is a lien on the land it is made against. This lien comes before most other liens, except for earlier assessments and property taxes. The land can be redeemed after a sale for not paying.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Assessment - Lien against property

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Each assessment shall be a lien upon the land against which it is made, paramount to all other liens, except liens for prior assessments and property taxes, including late charges, if any, or by redemption of the land after sale for delinquency.

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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