MCC §6.04.060
Getting your impounded animal back
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section explains how to get your animal back after it is impounded. You must pay a fee set by the county budget, and you must meet any licensing requirements first. In some cases, the impound fee may be waived for a dog that ran loose if you were not at fault.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Redemption
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.
Any animal impounded may be redeemed by the owner thereof upon payment of an impoundment
fee as established in the annual budget ordinance of the County, subject to the requirements
of this chapter. Where a dog is impounded after having been found running at large,
the owner may be relieved of the impoundment fee if animal control finds that such
owner was not at fault for allowing the dog to run at large.
B.
Any animal confined for quarantine purposes, evidence, or other purpose may be redeemed
by the owner thereof upon payment of a fee as established in the annual budget ordinance
of the County.
C.
No animal required to be licensed under this ordinance may be redeemed until provisions
for such licensing have been fulfilled.
(Ord. No. 4082, § 11, 2013; Ord. 1914 § 5, 1990: Ord. 1482 § 2 (part), 1985)
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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