How to check if property taxes are paid on a property in Oahu, HI
Property tax bills and delinquencies in Oahu (Honolulu County) are with the City and County of Honolulu Real Property Assessment Division. In Oahu the HeritageDeed report does not search delinquent taxes, so check that office directly.
Step by step in Oahu
- 1
Look up the tax account
Find the parcel in the City and County of Honolulu Real Property Assessment Division records and its tax bill for the current and past years.
- 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 Oahu records show
Hawaii records land documents statewide at the Bureau of Conveyances, a division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, rather than in each county. Every parcel is identified by its tax map key (TMK): the island division, zone, section, plat and parcel.
Oahu property tax in numbers
The median owner-occupied home in Honolulu County pays $2,553 a year, an effective rate of 0.28%, the highest in Hawaii. Honolulu County property tax rate.
What the report checks in Oahu
- 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
What does a HeritageDeed search in Oahu not cover?
The Bureau's online index covers documents recorded from 1976; earlier instruments are not searched.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Oahu property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Oahu property records
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