Maui County, HI Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)

40 of the Maui County Code, adopted by Ordinance No. 5174 and effective September 1, 2021, imposes strict liability on any 'responsible person', a property owner, tenant or lessee with a right of possession, who conducts, aids, allows, permits or facilitates a 'gathering' of two or more people at a residence or private property where an underage person (under 21) possesses or consumes intoxicating liquor. 030 prohibits the gathering outright and lists narrow exemptions: liquor given as a prescribed medicine, liquor used in a recognized religious ceremony, an underage person reasonably believed to be 21 or older, and liquor a parent or guardian consented to under specific belief conditions.

Locations regulated by the county Department of Liquor Control and any location on Lanai or Molokai are also exempt. 060, enforce the chapter administratively: after determining a violation occurred, the chief serves a written notice of violation and order identifying the section violated, the nature and date of the violation, and the civil fine owed. If the responsible person is a minor, the minor's parents or legal guardians become liable for the civil penalty. The order becomes final unless the responsible person appeals to the police commission within 30 days of mailing or delivery, and an appeal does not stay the order. The council must review the chapter every two years, and the chief must report annually on citations, appeals and the demographics of those cited.