Property Tax Appeals · Hawaii
Appeal your property taxes
in Hawaii.
Hawaii has no state property tax — the four counties (Honolulu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai) each run their own assessment division, set their own rates and exemptions, and hear their own appeals. Assessment notices arrive on the county’s schedule (Honolulu mails in mid-December for a January 15 deadline), and appeals go to that county’s Board of Review, with the state Tax Appeal Court as a further step. Hawaii’s tax rates are the lowest in the nation, but the values underneath them are among the highest, so an over-assessment still costs real money — and every island’s board weighs the same thing: credible comparable-sales evidence of market value on the assessment date, the core of a licensed appraisal.
Each county sets its own: Honolulu appeals are due January 15 after mid-December notices; Maui, Hawaii County, and Kauai run separate calendars — your assessment notice states yours.
Home exemptions differ island to island and can be substantial — confirm yours is applied before deciding the assessment itself is the problem. Honolulu’s rules, for example, ask you to show the assessment overshoots market value by a meaningful margin, which makes a defensible value number the whole game.
The evidence
Boards act on value,
not frustration.
However Hawaii labels the process, the case underneath is identical: show what your home was actually worth on the assessment date. A licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal — comparable sales, documented adjustments, a signed opinion of value — is that showing. Start with the $5 check to see if the numbers are on your side before you spend real money.
- Valued as of your assessment date — not today
- Comparable sales with adjustments and citations
- Signed by a state-licensed HI appraiser
- Phone walkthrough — no stranger in your home
- Delivered in 48–72 hours, rush available
Hawaii counties
Hawaii questions
No — property tax is entirely county-run. Honolulu, Maui, Hawaii County, and Kauai each have their own notices, deadlines, Boards of Review, and exemption rules, so start from your county’s notice.
January 15, following assessment notices mailed in mid-December. The case turns on evidence that market value sits below the assessment — an appraisal as of the valuation date is the standard exhibit before the Board of Review.
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.