ROH §8-5.5
When the city can delay a tax lien property sale
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗The city's tax director can delay a property sale for tax liens if it seems best for everyone involved or if there are no buyers. The delay is announced publicly at the sale. The sale can be called off if no bid covers the full amount owed.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Tax liens - Postponement of sale
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 at the time appointed for the sale, the director shall deem it expedient and for the interest of all persons concerned therein to postpone the sale of any property or properties for want of purchasers, or for other sufficient cause, the director may postpone it from time to time, until the sale shall be completed, giving notice of every such adjournment by a public declaration thereof at the time and place last appointed for the sale; provided that the sale of any property may be abandoned when first appointed or any adjourned date, if no proper bid is received sufficient to satisfy the lien, together with all interest, penalties, costs, expenses, and charges.
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