By Staff Reports

(LĪHU‘E) – County officials would like to remind Kaua‘i property owners that the first installment of real property taxes for the 2014-2015 tax year is due on Aug. 20.

Payments can be made online at www.kauai.gov/paypropertytax, by mail, in person, or at a drop box located outside the Kapulē Building at the Līhu‘e Civic Center.

Checks should be made payable to the Director of Finance.

Real property tax bills were recently mailed to all property owners or their respective agents.

Property owners who pay their real property taxes directly and have not yet received their property tax bills should immediately inquire at the Real Property Tax Collection office at the Līhu’e Civic Center, Kapulē Building, Suite 463, 4444 Rice Street, or call 241-4272.

Failure to pay real property taxes by the due date will result in a 10-percent penalty, as well as a 12-percent interest rate per year.

For more information on real property taxes, please call 241-4272 or log on to www.kauaipropertytax.com.