The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. A property lien can be either general or specific and voluntary or involuntary. A mortgage lien is a specific, voluntary lien.

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“They’ll fine you a monthly fine upon the amount that you owe, and then they’ll just put a lien on your property,” Elliott explains. Honolulu City Councilmember Val Okino Okimoto says the ...