MCC §9.08.010
Cockfighting is illegal
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This county law makes cockfighting a crime. It covers anyone who runs, helps run, or even just shows up at a cockfight. If convicted, you face a fine and costs, or jail until those are paid.
everyone
The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Prohibited—Penalty
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.
Any person within the county who shall promote, conduct or maintain a cockfight, or
who shall assist in promoting, conducting or maintaining a cockfight, or any person
who is present at any cockfight, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars and costs, or be imprisoned
until such fine and costs have been discharged by operation of law.
(Prior code § 22-8.1)
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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