MCC §9.28.035
What happens to an air gun or replica gun after an arrest
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗When someone is arrested for breaking this chapter's air gun rules, police must take the gun. If the person is convicted, the gun is forfeited to the County and kept for one year, then destroyed—unless someone needs it as evidence in a case.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Seizure, forfeiture, and disposal
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 police officer who arrests any person for possessing, using, lending, renting,
giving, or transferring an air gun or replica gun in violation of any provisions of
this chapter must take custody of the air gun or replica gun. Upon conviction of the
person, the seized air gun or replica gun will be forfeited to the County. Any forfeited
air gun or replica gun will remain in the custody of the department of police for
one year and will be destroyed; except that the air gun or replica gun will be retained
for subsequent proceedings, both civil or criminal, and until any action is concluded,
if any person desiring the use of the forfeited air gun or replica gun as evidence
files with the chief of police a written notice of an intention to use the air gun
or replica gun before the destruction date.
( Ord. No. 5549 , § 2, 2023)
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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