ROH §8-3.3
Late payment penalties and interest on unpaid taxes
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗If you pay your property taxes late, you will owe a penalty and interest. The penalty is 2% per month, up to 10% of the tax. Interest is 1% per month. These charges are added to your tax bill. Appealing your assessment does not stop the penalty.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Penalty for delinquency
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.
(a) There shall be added to the amount of all delinquent taxes under § 8-3.2 (2) a penalty of 2 percent for each month or fraction thereof beginning with the first calendar day following the date designated for payment in § 8-3.2 , provided that the maximum penalty levied shall not exceed 10 percent of the taxes levied. The penalty shall accrue on the delinquent taxes only and not on any accrued penalties. The penalty shall be and become a part of the tax and be collected as a part thereof.
(b) All delinquent taxes and penalties shall bear interest at the rate of 1 percent for each month or fraction thereof until paid, beginning with the first calendar month following the calendar month designated for payment in § 8-3.2 . Interest shall accrue on the delinquent taxes and penalties only and not on any accrued interest. The interest shall be and become a part of the tax and be collected as a part thereof.
(c) No taxpayer shall be exempt from delinquent penalties by reason of having made an appeal on such taxpayer’s assessment, but the tax paid, covered by an appeal duly taken, shall be held in a trust account as provided in § 8-12.12 .
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