Līhue property tax office closes Thursday morning for foreclosure sale

Residents who need in-person property tax or collections help in Līhue will have to wait Thursday morning, when the county’s Real Property Collections office closes from 9 a.m. to noon so staff can support the 2026 real property foreclosure sale. The office will reopen from noon to 4 p.m., leaving the morning window unavailable for walk-in business.

The closure is tied directly to the sale, which is set to begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall. That means anyone seeking help with tax billing, collections questions, or other Real Property Collections business should avoid the morning hours and plan for the afternoon reopening instead. The county lists the office’s regular hours as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except state and federal holidays.

The county’s Real Property Division says it administers the discovery, listing, valuation and tax collection of all real property in Kauai County. Its Billing and Collections Section handles tax billing and collections for all real property countywide, making Thursday’s scheduling change especially relevant for property owners, lien holders, and prospective bidders following delinquent accounts.

County instructions say the foreclosure list is usually made available when the first ad breaks, generally about four weeks before the sale date. Interested parties can request the list through the Kauaipropertytax website, by email at rpc@kauai.gov, or at the office at 4444 Rice Street, Suite 463, Līhue, Hawaii 96766. The county’s public-record search system says it is intended to provide the most current and accurate information available, while also noting that no warranties are provided for the data, its use or its interpretation.

The sale at the convention hall also highlights how routine county office hours can collide with a formal public process tied to delinquent property taxes and public bidding. Kauai County describes the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall as a popular venue with bookings often set up to a year ahead, which helps explain why the foreclosure sale is being treated as a scheduled county event rather than an ordinary administrative notice. Similar timing has been used before, including a 2025 notice that reopened Collections from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. after the sale and a 2024 closure that affected both the Assessments and Collections divisions.