Kauai County

Sale typeWhat you actually buy. A lien sale gives you a claim on the property and the owner keeps it for now; a deed sale transfers the property itself. A redeemable deed transfers ownership but still gives the former owner time to pay you back. See the full glossary for more terms.

redeemable deed

HRS § 246-60 (tax deed; redemption)

Interest / penaltyWhat you earn when the owner redeems. Interest is a rate paid over time; a penalty is usually a one-time percentage of the tax or redemption amount. A rate that is bid down during the auction is still interest. See the full glossary for more terms.

12% per year on redemption

HRS § 246-60

RedemptionHow long the former owner has to repay the debt and keep the property after the sale. Your money stays tied up until this window closes, so a long period can mean a multi-year wait on a lien. See the full glossary for more terms.

1 year

HRS § 246-60

Bid methodHow the winner is chosen: bidding the interest rate down, bidding a premium above the amount owed, a random or rotating draw, or simply buying at the minimum bid. See the full glossary for more terms.

highest bidder at public auction

HRS § 246-56 (foreclosure without suit)

Sale timingWhen sales are typically held. Many counties publish sale lists only a few weeks ahead, and some sell continuously or on their own schedule. See the full glossary for more terms.

varies by county

HRS § 246-56 (sale after public notice at least once a week for four successive weeks)

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RegistrationSigning up as a bidder before the sale. Counties set the deadlines and paperwork, which may include an application, identification, and a no-delinquent-taxes statement. See the full glossary for more terms.

Required: UnknownUnknown

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DepositMoney you must post before or at the sale, often a flat amount or a percentage of your bid. It is usually applied to the purchase price if you win and is often non-refundable if you fail to pay. See the full glossary for more terms.

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FormsPaperwork a county may collect before you can bid, such as a bidder ID card or a W-9 for tax reporting. See the full glossary for more terms.

Bidder ID card: UnknownW-9: Unknown

EligibilityRules about who may bid. Some counties restrict non-residents or bar anyone who owes delinquent taxes from participating. See the full glossary for more terms.

Residency required: UnknownNo delinquent taxes: Unknown

Hawaii is the outlier in this group: real property taxation is a county function, and the state's Real Property Tax Law (HRS chapter 246) together with chapter 246A was repealed in its entirety by Act 52, L 2016, effective July 1, 2016 (see the Department of Taxation digest cited). Because there is no current state law that prescribes how a bidder participates in a county real property tax sale, every structured field here is left unknown rather than guessed from county practice. Counties run their own foreclosure sales under their charters and ordinances (for example, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu chapter 8 and Hawaii County Code chapter 19), and those local rules are the ones that set registration, deposits, bidder forms, eligibility, payment, and sale format; they are outside this state-level file. The nearest current state statute is HRS 231-63, which authorizes the state tax collector to foreclose a lien for state taxes on real property by public auction to the highest bidder for cash, but that provision applies to state taxes (such as general excise or income tax) and not to county-imposed real property taxes, so it does not supply values for this file.