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§ 19-42 H AWAI‘I C OUNTY C ODE
<br />except the lien for real property taxes subsequent to that for which the property was
<br />sold, subject only to any mineral rights of the State and any easements in favor of any
<br />governmental entity; provided, that the taxpayer may redeem the property sold by
<br />payment to the purchaser at the sale, within one year from the date of the sale, of the
<br />amount paid by the purchaser, together with all costs and expenses which the
<br />purchaser was required to pay, including the fee for recording the deed, and in addition
<br />thereto, interest on such amount at the rate of twelve percent a year.
<br />(1983 CC, c 19, art 5, sec 19-42; am 1988, ord 88-74, sec 2; am 1997, ord 97-84, sec 1.)
<br />19-42
<br />Section 19-43. Same; costs.
<br />The director by rules or regulation may prescribe a schedule of costs, expenses, and
<br />charges and the manner in which they shall be apportioned between the various
<br />properties offered for sale and the time at which each cost, expense, or charge shall be
<br />deemed to accrue; and such costs, expenses, and charges shall be added to and become a
<br />part of the lien on the property for the last year involved in the sale or proposed sale,
<br />the tax for which is delinquent. Such costs, expenses, and charges may include provision
<br />for the making of and the securing of certificates of searches of any records to furnish
<br />information to be used in or in connection with the notice of sale or tax deed, or in any
<br />case where the director shall deem such advisable; provided, that the director shall not
<br />be required to make such searches or to cause them to be made except as provided by
<br />section 19-39 with respect to mortgages or other liens registered in the office of the
<br />assistant registrar of the land court.
<br />(1983 CC, c 19, art 5, sec 19-43; am 1997, ord 97-84, sec 1.)19-43
<br />Section 19-44. Tax deed as evidence.
<br />The tax deed referred to in section 19-42 is prima facie evidence that:
<br />(1) The property described by the deed was duly assessed or taxed in the years
<br />stated in the deed and to the persons therein named;
<br />(2) The property described by the deed was subject on the date of the sale to a lien
<br />or liens for real property taxes, penalties, and interest in the amount stated in
<br />the deed, for the tax years therein stated, and that the taxes, penalties, and
<br />interest were due and unpaid on the date of sale;
<br />(3) Costs, expenses, and charges due or incurred on account of the taxes, liens,
<br />and sale had accrued at the date of the sale in the amount stated in the deed;
<br />(4) The person who executed the deed was the proper officer;
<br />(5) At a proper time and place the property was sold at public auction as
<br />prescribed by law, and by the proper officer;
<br />(6) The sale was made upon full compliance with sections 19-38 to 19-43 and all
<br />laws relating thereto, and after giving notice as required by law; and
<br />(7) The grantee named in the deed was the person entitled to receive the
<br />conveyance.
<br />(1983 CC, c 19, art 5, sec 19-44; am 1997, ord 97-84, sec 1.)19-44
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