Maui County, HI Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 10.60.030
- Right-of-way duty
- Pedestrian yields outside crosswalk
- First-offense fine
- Up to $200
- Repeat-offense fine
- Up to $500
- Enforcing agency
- Maui Police Department
Summary
Maui County Code section 10.60.030 puts the burden on the pedestrian: anyone crossing a roadway outside a marked crosswalk, or outside an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, must yield the right-of-way to every vehicle already on the road. Mid-block crossings and diagonal shortcuts across County streets fall under this rule.
Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
Full Breakdown
60, Pedestrians, splits right-of-way by location. 020 flips the duty onto drivers, who must slow or stop for a crossing pedestrian. 030, and the duty reverses: the pedestrian must yield to vehicles already using the roadway, whether crossing mid-block on Kaahumanu Avenue in Kahului or cutting across South Kihei Road between marked crossings. 060 separately requires pedestrians to use a sidewalk where one exists, or to walk facing traffic on the shoulder where none does. 080 keeps a driver's due-care duty in force regardless of where a pedestrian crosses: drivers must still sound a horn and take precautions around children or confused or incapacitated pedestrians.
020 applies. Maui Police Department officers write these as ordinary traffic citations under Title 10's general enforcement provisions rather than under a separate criminal statute.
Violations & Fines
A pedestrian cited for crossing outside a marked or intersection crosswalk faces the Title 10 catch-all penalty in section 10.72.020: a fine of not more than $200 for a first offense and not more than $500 for each offense after that. Officers may issue a summons or citation on the spot under section 10.72.010 without a physical arrest for this class of traffic violation.
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