How the City Can Collect Unpaid Civil Fines

(a) Any unpaid civil fines that remain due, after all rights to administrative appeal or judicial review have been exhausted, and as may be further provided in § 6-1.5 , may then be added by administrative order to any taxes, fees, or charges collected by the city by any administrative agency empowered to collect such civil fines pursuant to § 6-1.5 . The city may condition the issuance or renewal of any city license, approval, or permit for which a fee or charge is assessed, except for water for residential use and sewer charges, on payment of the unpaid civil fines, and any such license, approval, or permit may be withheld until full payment of all such unpaid civil fines has been made. (b) Upon recordation of a notice of unpaid civil fines in the bureau of conveyances, the amount of the civil fine, including any increase in the amount of the fine that the city may assess, and any enforcement cost, shall constitute a lien upon all real property belonging to any person liable for the unpaid civil fines. (c) The lien in favor of the city shall be subordinate to any lien in favor of any person recorded or registered before the recordation of the notice of unpaid civil fines and senior to any lien recorded or registered after the recordation of the notice. The lien shall continue until the unpaid civil fines are paid in full or until a certificate of release or partial release of the lien, prepared by the city at the owner’s expense, is recorded. The notice of unpaid civil fines shall state the amount of the fine as of the date of the notice and maximum permissible daily increase of the fine. The city shall not be required to include a social security number, State general excise taxpayer identification number, or federal employer identification number on the notice. Recordation of the notice in the bureau of conveyances shall be deemed, at such time, for all purposes and without any further action, to procure a lien on land registered in land court under HRS Chapter 501. (d) All remedies and penalties under this article may be enforced in civil proceedings by the corporation counsel.