Kihei Public Records Search

Kihei public records cover a beachfront stretch of South Maui. Most Kihei public records sit with Maui County offices in Wailuku, the Maui Police Department, the Second Circuit Court, and state agencies that post data online. You can search Kihei public records through the Maui property tax records portal, the Hawaii eCourt Kokua case records tool, the Maui MAPPS planning records database, and direct UIPA records requests. Walk-ins to the Kihei Police Station on South Kihei Road also work for police records requests. This page lists where to look for each type of Kihei public records and how to ask for copies.

County Office for Kihei Public Records

Kihei sits inside Maui County. That means the County of Maui handles most local records for the town. The county runs the real property records system, planning records, police records, and the clerk records for Kihei. Main county offices sit at 200 South High Street in Wailuku. The County Clerk keeps meeting records, ordinance records, and resolution records for the Maui County Council. These Kihei public records cover council votes on South Maui topics like short-term rental rules, beach access, and water use.

For the full list of Kihei county-level records resources, see the Maui County public records page. That page lists the island-wide agency contacts and tools that cover Kihei, Wailea, Makena, and the rest of the county.

The start page for all county records is the Maui County official website. Use it to find department pages, staff contacts, and online records tools.

From the county home page you can jump to the clerk records, planning records, police records, and finance records pages that serve Kihei.

Kihei Police Records

The Maui Police Department, or MPD, keeps police records for Kihei. The Kihei Police Station sits at 1881 South Kihei Road, Kihei, HI 96753. Phone the station at (808) 875-1460. The station serves all of South Maui, which covers Kihei and Wailea. Officers at the station take in-person police records requests during business hours. Walk-ins work best for incident records where you were the victim or the reporting party.

For bigger Kihei police records pulls, the main MPD Records Division sits at the MPD headquarters at 55 Mahalani Street, Wailuku, HI 96793. Phone (808) 244-6400. Records staff handle formal public records requests, certified copy records, and background records for Kihei cases. Copies cost a small per-page fee. Involved parties can get most incident records once the case is closed.

Start a Kihei police records request through the Maui Police Department records page. You can ask by mail, walk-in, or online form.

MPD staff redact home address records, Social Security numbers, and juvenile records under HRS §92F-13 before release. Some Kihei records are held back while a case is still open. Call the Records Division first if you are not sure what you need.

Kihei Property Records

Kihei property records flow through the Maui County Real Property Tax Division. Every Kihei parcel has a Tax Map Key, or TMK, that links the parcel to tax records, permit records, and map records. Kihei is a beachfront community on the South Shore of Maui with dense residential areas, resorts, and commercial centers. Records cover assessed value records, owner records, building sketch records, and exemption records. The Kihei area also includes the Wailea and Makena resort records.

To look up a Kihei property record, go to the Maui property tax search. You can search by address, TMK, or owner name. Pulling the TMK first makes the rest of your Kihei records work much easier.

The same site shows property tax bill records, classification records, and exemption records for every Kihei parcel. Tax rates vary by class, so resort and hotel records may show higher rates than owner-occupied records.

The Maui County Real Property Assessment Division reviews Kihei records each year. Owners can file appeal records with the Board of Review if the assessed value seems off. Appeal records, hearing records, and decision records are kept with the division and are open to the public under HRS §92F.

Kihei Court Records

The Second Circuit Court at 2145 Main Street in Wailuku hears cases from Kihei and the rest of Maui County. Public records access terminals run during court business hours at the clerk's records room. The Hawaii State Judiciary runs eCourt Kokua for online case records. Through that portal you can look up Kihei civil records, criminal records, family records, probate records, traffic records, and small claims records tied to Second Circuit cases.

To look up a Kihei case, use the Hawaii eCourt Kokua portal. Second Circuit case IDs start with a 2 prefix, so a criminal case might read 2PC000012345. Basic case records are free to view. Regular copies cost a small per-page fee and certified copies cost more.

Many Kihei traffic records and minor offense records move through District Court of the Second Circuit at the same Wailuku building. District Court handles Kihei parking records, speeding records, and low-level misdemeanor records. Case records can be pulled by defendant name, case number, or citation records.

Kihei-Makena Community Association Records

The Kihei-Makena Community Association keeps records for the Kihei and Makena areas. The group works with Maui County on planning records, development records, and environmental records. The association keeps meeting minutes records, planning records, and community report records that track local Kihei issues. Members can pull records direct, and non-members may get copies on request.

Find meeting records and contact details at the Kihei-Makena Community Association records page. The group meets on a regular basis to talk through Kihei issues.

These community records are a good local source when a Kihei project is still in early review and has not hit the county planning records yet. Short notes, testimony records, and working group records often show up here first.

Kihei MAPPS Planning Records

Maui County tracks Kihei development through the MAPPS system. MAPPS stands for Maui Automated Planning and Permitting System. It holds permit records, plan review records, zoning records, and case records for projects in Kihei. The Maui County Department of Planning uses MAPPS to log every permit from small home repairs to large Kihei resort builds.

Kihei has seen heavy development over the last few decades. Subdivision records, resort records, and commercial center records pile up fast. The planning department keeps records of all development approvals, subdivision approvals, and environmental assessment records. Visit the Maui County Planning Kihei development records page for a direct start point.

Common Kihei planning records you can pull from MAPPS or the planning office:

• Building permit records for new homes, additions, and repairs
• Special management area records for beachfront Kihei parcels
• Subdivision approval records and plat map records
• Short-term rental permit records and use records
• Environmental assessment records and EIS records

The Maui County Department of Planning sits at 2200 Main Street, Wailuku. Walk-in records review works during business hours. Staff help with Kihei records lookups at the front counter.

Kihei UIPA Records Request

You can ask any Kihei office or Maui County agency for public records through a UIPA request under HRS §92F. There is no charge to file a Kihei records request. The agency may charge for search time, review time, and redaction time, but only up to actual cost. Most small Kihei records asks are free.

Write your Kihei records request with a clear, short list of what you want and the date range. A short, specific records request gets a faster reply than a broad sweep. Agencies aim to respond to public records requests within ten business days under HRS §92F-11. If the records are large, the office can ask for more time.

The Hawaii Office of Information Practices UIPA page has training records, opinion records, and sample request records for Kihei filers.

You can also draft a Kihei UIPA request online. The OIP records request training page walks first-time filers through each step. Track each request by case number so you can follow the records response.

Records Help in Kihei

A few groups help Kihei residents find public records. Legal Aid Society of Hawaii runs a Maui office that takes Kihei calls on court records, housing records, and family records. The Maui County Bar Association keeps a Lawyer Referral Service for Kihei residents who need a paid attorney to pull records. State court self-help desks at the Wailuku courthouse can point Kihei filers to the right case records forms.

The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii site lists office hours, phone numbers, and intake records for Kihei clients.

Kihei Records Quick Reference

Different Kihei records sit with different offices. Court records go through the Hawaii State Judiciary records portal. Property records sit with the county real property records office. Police records flow through the local police records unit. Vital records (birth records, death records, marriage records) come from the Hawaii Department of Health records office. Knowing which records office holds your record speeds up the records request.

Most Kihei public records are open under HRS §92F. Records redactions apply to private data inside the records under HRS §92F-13. The records office can hold back records that would invade privacy or block an active case. All other records stay open for any person to view.

Nearby Maui Communities

These Maui towns sit near Kihei. All share the same Second Circuit Court, Maui Police Department, and Maui County records systems. Other Maui spots like Lahaina, Makena, and Paia also use these same records offices, though those towns do not have their own pages on this site. Pick a city below to see local records contacts.

For a county-wide view, visit the Maui County records page.