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JMZ�ICS k�!Y7 <br /> ,I Jipb <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> BILL NO. 71 <br /> ORDINANCE NO.24 226 <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 5 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY <br /> CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAXES, <br /> LIENS, FORECLOSURES, AND NOTICE. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to reduce the number of years required <br /> to foreclose on a property for delinquent real property taxes from three to two years, thus allowing the <br /> County to sell the foreclosed property at public auction to recoup unpaid taxes, penalties, and various <br /> administrative costs in a timelier manner. This reduction in the holding period also decreases the period <br /> the property is left vacant thereby lessening the potential loss of value due to deterioration in its <br /> condition. Additionally, this ordinance relocates notice requirements previously placed in Section 19-38 <br /> into the appropriate Section 19-40, to ensure that all notice requirements are provided in a single <br /> location. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 19, article 5, section 19-38 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 <br /> edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br /> "Section 19-38. Tax liens; foreclosure without suit [, notiee]. <br /> [All real pivPei4y on whieh a lien fef twies exists inay be sold by Way of <br /> for-eelesur-e without suit by the > and in ease any lien, > has <br /> existed thefeon for- tIffee years, shall be sold by the dir-eetor- at publie aidetion to the <br /> highest L.idde for- eash, to satisfy the lie together with all intefest penalties, „sty „a <br /> due or- inettfr-ed on aeeounl of the > lien, and sale, the suipitts, any, tE) be <br /> for- sales on &ieet4ion, after notiee published a4 least onee a week for- a4 least fouf <br /> stieeessive weeks immediately -prior- thereto in any newspaper- with a genefal eir-culation <br /> of at least Sixty thousand published in the State and any newspaper- of general eir-eulation <br /> published and distFibuted in the Counly. if the address of the ownef is known or- ea <br /> aseei4ained by due > > the dir-eeter- shall <br /> send to eaeh ownef otiee of the proposed sale by fegister-ed register-e inai1 with request for- return <br /> feeeipt. if the address of the ownef is unknown, the dir-eetor- shall send a natiee to4he <br /> ownef at the owner's last L,,.,w., address as shown on the r o-ds of the ,lepaFtnient „f <br /> finance. The notice shall be deposited in the niail at least fofty five days prioF to the date <br /> set faf the sale. The notiee shall also be posted for- a like period in at least thfee <br />