ROH §28-3.8
City-acquired land still carries special assessment debt
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗When the city gets a piece of land that owes a special assessment (a tax for improvements like roads or sewers), the city must sell it quickly. The new buyer must pay the past-due assessments as part of the purchase price and keep paying future ones.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Special assessment obligation for parcel of land acquired by city
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.
If a parcel of land subject to a special assessment is acquired by the city by foreclosure or gift or devise, the parcel of land shall be sold as soon as practicable, and the purchaser of the parcel of land shall take title subject to the lien of the special assessment and shall be required to pay the special assessments then due as part of the purchase price and the special assessments becoming due from and after the sale date.
Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.
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