Maui County passed Bill 9 in December 2025, phasing out short-term vacation rentals on the Minatoya List — the roughly 7,069 apartment-zoned condo units (6,823 on Maui, 246 on Molokai) that have operated as de facto vacation rentals for decades. This mostly affects West Maui (Kāʻanapali, Kapalua, Lahaina) and South Maui (Kihei, Wailea) condo complexes — not single-family homes in Wailuku or Kahului, which were never zoned for short-term use in the first place.
Key deadlines
- January 1, 2029 — phase-out deadline for West Maui properties
- January 1, 2031 — phase-out deadline for the rest of the county (South Maui, etc.)
Where it stands now (as of March 2026)
The Maui Planning Commission voted against a proposed rezoning fix that would have moved roughly 4,500 units into new hotel-zoned districts, so a blanket carve-out looks unlikely. Owner groups — including Kāʻanapali Royal — have filed lawsuits in 2nd Circuit Court to block enforcement, but no court had issued an injunction as of this writing.
What this means if you own a Minatoya-list unit
- Your permit doesn't disappear tomorrow, but the clock is running. Start planning your exit strategy — sell, convert to long-term rental, or wait out the litigation — well before your deadline.
- If your property is in Wailuku or Kahului instead, this bill likely doesn't touch you directly. Those areas are long-term rental territory, and that market only gets more attractive as thousands of units convert.
- Laws like this move fast and get litigated. Treat any date here as current as of publish, not permanent — check with Maui County or your property manager before making a sale or conversion decision.