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MCC §13.20.020

Who Can Be Buried in Veterans' Cemeteries

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This rule says who may be buried in Maui County veterans' cemeteries. It covers service members, veterans, and certain family members. It also allows burial of personal effects when a body is missing. The director must approve burial of dependent adult children.

vulnerable adults

The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Eligibility

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Maui County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

The remains of the following persons may be interred in the veterans' cemeteries: A. Any deceased serviceman; B. Any deceased veteran, whether resident or a nonresident; C. The wife, husband, or minor children who predecease a serviceman or veteran who would be entitled to interment under subsection A or B of this section; provided, that the serviceman or veteran must subscribe to a signed statement that his or her remains will be interred in the same veterans' cemetery and that he or she agrees that to the extent permitted by law, family members shall be buried in the same plot as provided in section 13.20.030 ; D. The widow, widower, or minor children of a deceased serviceman or veteran; provided, that the remains of the deceased serviceman or deceased veteran are interred in the same veterans' cemetery; E. The personal effects of a deceased serviceman or veteran when the remains of the deceased serviceman or veteran cannot be found; F. The dependent adult children of a serviceman or veteran, who became permanently incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental disability before attaining the age of eighteen years. The interment of the dependent adult child shall be approved by the director. (Ord. 1673 § 2, 1987: prior code § 22-18.2)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Maui through Municode.

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