Maui County, HI Short-Term Rentals: Host Presence Rule (2026)

030 lays out the restrictions and standards every short-term rental home permit must satisfy, and subsections D and E together create the host-presence requirement. Subsection D requires the permit holder to hold at least a 50 percent interest in the lot's legal title and to serve as the rental's manager personally, unless the holder designates an immediate adult family member, an individual holding an active Hawai'i real estate license, except in the Hāna and Lāna'i community plan areas where State law allows a different arrangement, or an adult temporary manager for up to forty-five days in a twelve-month period.

Subsection E then defines what that manager must actually do: be accessible to guests, neighbors, and County agencies, which the code defines specifically as being able to answer the telephone at all times, being physically present at the rental within one hour of a request from a guest, a neighbor, or a County agency, and maintaining an office or residence within thirty driving miles of the property. On the island of Lāna'i, subsection E(5) adds a stricter local rule: the manager must be a full-time resident of Lāna'i.

Subsection F backs the presence rule with a use restriction of its own, allowing the home to be rented only when the manager is accessible. The department must also be notified in writing of any manager designation or change of contact information, so it always has a current name and number on file to check compliance against.