MCC §8.34.030
Fees for repeated false alarms
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section says alarm users must pay a fee for each false alarm police respond to after the first one in a year. Multiple alarms in one day count as one, and no fee is charged if caused by phone line issues or long power outages. The fee amount is set by the county budget.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Service charges for false alarms
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.
An alarm system user shall pay a service charge for each false alarm response made
by the police department in excess of one false alarm response in any twelve-month
period.
1.
Multiple false alarms occurring in any twenty-four hour period shall be treated as
one alarm.
2.
Service charges shall not be imposed if an alarm is activated by a telephone line
problem or a power outage lasting more than four hours.
B.
Service charges for false alarms, within any twelve-month period, shall be as set
forth in the annual budget ordinance.
C.
Notices of false alarm responses and any applicable service charge shall be sent by
certified mail to the registered alarm system user or registered monitoring company.
D.
The service charges contained in this section shall reset after a twelve-month period
following the first offense, regardless of any subsequent false alarms during the
twelve-month period.
(Ord. No. 4157, § 1, 2014)
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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