How to check if property taxes are paid on a property in Big Island, HI

Property tax bills and delinquencies in Big Island (Hawaii County) are with the Hawaii County Real Property Tax Office. In Big Island the HeritageDeed report does not search delinquent taxes, so check that office directly.

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Step by step in Big Island

1. 1

   Look up the tax account

   Find the parcel in the Hawaii County Real Property Tax Office records and its tax bill for the current and past years.

2. 2

   Check for delinquency

   Unpaid taxes become a lien on the property and can lead to a tax sale; check whether any year is delinquent.

What Big Island records show

Big Island property tax in numbers

The median owner-occupied home in Hawaii County pays $1,459 a year, an effective rate of 0.28%, the highest in Hawaii. Hawaii County property tax rate.

What the report checks in Big Island

• The parcel's tax map key and location from the statewide parcel records, and the owner of record from the latest title-transferring document in the Bureau's index

Not covered here

• A condominium unit is searched by its fee parcel's tax map key and the owner's name; documents registered only under the unit's own key are not read.
• Loans of earlier owners are not searched under the seller's name, and delinquent property taxes are not searched.

Questions

More about Big Island property records

• Check for liens
• Find the owner
• Search deeds
• Check for a loan
• Title search cost
• Big Island title search guide