Maui County, HI Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited act
- Urinating or defecating outside a public restroom
- Governing section
- Maui County Code § 13.04A.070(A)(8)
- Fine range
- $150 to $500 (§ 13.04A.270(A))
- Enforcing agencies
- Parks security officers, Maui Police Department
- Applies to
- Every County park, island-wide
Summary
Maui County makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on the grounds of any county park or recreational facility outside a properly functioning public restroom. The rule sits in Maui County Code section 13.04A.070(A)(8) and applies at every park from Wailuku to Kihei to Lanai City. Violators face a fine of $150 to $500 under section 13.04A.270(A), enforced by park security officers, Department of Parks personnel, and the Maui Police Department.
Within the limit of any park or within any recreational facility, it is unlawful for any person to: ... 8.Defecate or urinate on the grounds or improvements of any park or recreational facility, except in properly functioning toilets or urinals in public restrooms. ... Anyone who violates any provision of this chapter, except sections 13.04A.070(B)(1), 13.04A.070(E), 13.04A.260, or 13.04A.360 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of no less than $150 and no more than $500.
Full Breakdown
070(A) of the Maui County Code lists thirteen acts that are flatly unlawful within the limits of any park or recreational facility, with no permit able to excuse them. Item 8 targets bodily waste directly: it is unlawful to defecate or urinate on the grounds or improvements of a park or recreational facility except in properly functioning toilets or urinals inside public restrooms. The same subsection bans related sanitation and order problems in the same list, including dumping refuse outside a designated receptacle (item 1), abandoning personal property in a pavilion, dugout, or bathroom (item 10), and abandoning a vehicle in a park lot for more than twenty-four hours (item 11).
270(A), which sets a fine of no less than $150 and no more than $500 upon conviction. 250, and a citation must be handed to the violator on the spot under the same section. The prohibition applies at every County park and recreational facility on Maui, Molokai, and Lanai; it is not limited to beach parks or any single district.
Violations & Fines
Urinating or defecating anywhere in a Maui County park other than inside a working public restroom is punishable by a fine of no less than $150 and no more than $500 upon conviction under section 13.04A.270(A). Park security officers, County police, and other authorized parks enforcement personnel can issue an on-site citation under section 13.04A.250, and repeated or aggravated misconduct in a park can also support a written trespass warning under section 13.04A.260.
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