MCC §5.08.010
Hotels must keep a guest register open to police
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗Hotels, rooming houses, and lodging houses must keep a register where every guest writes their name, the date, and their room number. The register must be available for police to inspect at any time. It can be a bound book or a set of filed cards.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Register required
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.
A.
Every owner, keeper or proprietor of any lodginghouse, roominghouse or hotel shall
keep a register wherein he shall require all guests, roomers, or lodgers to inscribe
their names upon their procuring of lodging or a room or accommodations. The register
shall also show the day of the month and year when the name was inscribed, and the
room occupied or to be occupied by the lodger, roomer or guest in such lodginghouse,
roominghouse or hotel. The register shall at all times be open to inspection by the
chief of police or any police officer or detective of the Maui police department,
when required.
B.
For the purpose of this chapter, "register" means either a permanently bound blank
book, sufficient in size to contain all the information herein required to be placed
therein, or a series of individual cards with adequate space on each to enter all
the information required by this section. All cards thereafter shall be systematically
filed and be open to inspection as provided in subsection A of this section.
(Prior code § 22-15.1)
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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