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City Hall
530 South King Street, #202
Honolulu, HI 96813-3006
Phone: (808) 547-7000
Fax: (808) 545-3253
www.co.honolulu.hi.us

Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Honolulu City and county, Hawaii is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Honolulu City and county, Hawaii.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Honolulu City and county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Honolulu City and county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Honolulu City and county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Honolulu City and county, Hawaii allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Honolulu City and county, Hawaii lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Hawaii laws and competition, savvy Honolulu City and county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Hawaii tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Hawaii tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Mufi HannemannMayorMAYOR@CO.HONOLULU.HI.US
Donovan Dela CruzCouncil Chair, District 2dmdelacruz@honolulu.gov
Todd ApoCouncil Member, District 1tapo@honolulu.gov
Romy CacholaCouncil Member, District 7rcachola@honolulu.gov
Charles DjouCouncil Member, District 4cdjou@honolulu.gov
Nestor GarciaCouncil Member, District 9ngarcia@honolulu.gov
Ann KobayashiCouncil Member, District 5akobayashi@honolulu.gov
Barbara MarshallCouncil Member, District 3bmarshall@honolulu.gov
Gary OkinoCouncil Member, District 8gokino@honolulu.gov
Rodney TamCouncil Member, District 6rtam@honolulu.gov
Peter CarlisleProsecuting Attorneyqaa0034@honolulu.hi.us
Leslie TanakaCity Auditor 
Denise DeCostaCity Clerkclerks@honolulu.gov

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