ROH §8-1.19

How partial tax payments are applied

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When you pay only part of your property tax bill, the city applies your money to interest first, then penalties, and finally the tax itself. This means your payment may not reduce the main tax until interest and penalties are covered.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Partial payment of taxes

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.

Whenever a taxpayer makes a partial payment of a particular assessment of taxes, the amount received by the director shall first be credited to interest, then to penalties, and then to principal. )

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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