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Honolulu County property data
Where Honolulu County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map.
Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Honolulu County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances (State of Hawaii, DLNR). Documents recorded since January 1, 1976 can be searched free online with an account, and copies cost $1 per page by credit card or through a $50 a month subscription plus $3 per document.
Owners and values
City and County of Honolulu Real Property Assessment Division. Free online property records search by address, owner or tax map key (TMK), with assessed values and sales.
Tax sales
City and County of Honolulu Department of Budget and Fiscal Services, Treasury Division. The Treasury Division posts the current and delinquent real property tax roll as downloadable files, and tax sale notices with the parcel list are published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser legal notices.
Foreclosure sales
Hawaii DCCA, Mortgage Foreclosure Dispute Resolution program. Notices of public sale for nonjudicial foreclosures of owner-occupied homes can be viewed free on mfdr.ehawaii.gov; judicial foreclosure cases run through the state courts.
Parcel maps
Honolulu Land Information System (HoLIS). Free city GIS portal with parcel, zoning and other map layers for Oahu.
How property is sold here
Honolulu County follows Hawaii's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the Hawaii guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
Hawaii sells the property itself, not tax liens. The City and County of Honolulu's Director of Budget and Fiscal Services auctions tax-delinquent parcels in person for cashier's checks paid in full at the sale; the most recent sale was May 5, 2026 at Mission Memorial Auditorium, 550 South King Street. The owner can redeem within one year by repaying the buyer's price, costs and 12% a year interest, and the parcel list is published as a legal notice in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser before each sale.
Foreclosure sales
Hawaii has no sheriff sales; foreclosures are either judicial, where the court orders a public auction run by a court-appointed commissioner, or nonjudicial under a power of sale. Nonjudicial sale notices for owner-occupied homes can be posted on the state's mfdr.ehawaii.gov site, and sale notices also run in the newspaper legal notices.
Assessed values
The Real Property Assessment Division values every property every year as of October 1 before the tax year, with appeals taken each year from December 15 to January 15.
Transfer tax
Hawaii charges a state conveyance tax paid to the Bureau of Conveyances on a sliding scale, from $0.10 per $100 for properties under $600,000 up to $1.00 per $100 at $10 million and above, with higher rates on non-owner-occupant buyers of homes and condos; Honolulu adds no county transfer tax.
Worth knowing
Honolulu is a consolidated City and County covering all of Oahu, with no separate incorporated cities.
Worth knowing
Deeds for every Hawaii county are recorded at one statewide office, the Bureau of Conveyances at 1151 Punchbowl St. in Honolulu.
Worth knowing
Property may be in the Regular System or in Land Court, where the state issues a Certificate of Title, so check which system a parcel is in before searching.
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Honolulu County?
Deeds are recorded by the State of Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances at 1151 Punchbowl St., Room 120, Honolulu. Documents from 1976 on can be searched free online, and copies are $1 per page.
When is the Honolulu County tax sale?
The City and County of Honolulu holds tax sale auctions in person when scheduled; the most recent was May 5, 2026. Each sale's parcel list is published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser legal notices.
How do I find who owns a property in Honolulu County?
Use the Real Property Assessment Division's free property records search by address, owner name or tax map key.
Are Honolulu County property records online?
Yes. Assessment records, the delinquent tax roll, HoLIS maps and the Bureau of Conveyances document index are online, though recorded document copies cost $1 per page.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
- dlnr.hawaii.gov/boc/
- dlnr.hawaii.gov/boc/faqs/
- dlnr.hawaii.gov/boc/recording-fees-new/
- dlnr.hawaii.gov/boc/online-services/
- files.hawaii.gov/tax/forms/current/p64ains.pdf
- realproperty.honolulu.gov/
- honolulu.gov/bfs/treasury-division/
- statelegals.staradvertiser.com/2026/04/07/0001518488-02/
- cca.hawaii.gov/hfic/mfdr/
- honolulugis.org/
Every parcel in Honolulu County, on one map
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