Kihei Death Records and Index

Kihei is a growing community on the sunny south shore of Maui in Maui County. Residents who need to search the death index or request a certified death certificate use the Hawaii State Department of Health system. There is no local vital records office in Kihei. The nearest official resource is the Maui District Health Office in Wailuku. Death certificates for Kihei residents are mailed from the state office in Honolulu. No pickup service is available on Maui. This page covers the full process for accessing Kihei death records, what the fees are, and where to find local obituary and historical resources.

How Kihei Residents Access Death Index Records

Kihei sits on the leeward side of Maui, roughly 10 miles south of Kahului. The nearest official vital records resource is the Maui District Health Office in Wailuku, located at 54 South High Street, Room 301. Phone: (808) 984-8210. Staff there can answer questions and walk residents through the online ordering process. Death certificates, however, are not issued at the Maui office. They are only issued by the state Office of Health Status Monitoring in Honolulu and mailed to the requester.

The Maui District Health Office in Wailuku serves as the local point of contact for Kihei residents with questions about death index records and the vital records request process.

Online ordering through the eHawaii Vital Records portal is the most practical option for Kihei residents. The system covers records from July 1909 to the present. You need the name as it appears on the certificate and the date of death in MM/DD/YYYY format. The system performs exact name matches. Upload a government photo ID and proof of your relationship to the deceased. Credit and debit cards are the only accepted payment online. A $2.50 portal fee is added to each order.

Mail requests go to: State Department of Health, Office of Health Status Monitoring, P.O. Box 3378, Honolulu, HI 96801. Mail payments must be cashier's check or money order. Cash and personal checks are not accepted. Processing by mail takes 6 to 8 weeks. No pickup service is available on Maui.

Kihei Death Certificate Fees and Access Rules

The fee is $10.00 for the first certified copy and $4.00 for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time. All fees are non-refundable. The $10.00 search fee still applies if the requested record is not found.

Under Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 338-18, certified copies are restricted to people with a direct and tangible interest in the record. Eligible parties include the spouse, parents, children, grandchildren, siblings, grandparents, legal guardians, and estate representatives. A court order also qualifies. Those who do not meet the eligibility requirement may get a $5.00 verification letter instead. Records that are 75 years or older become publicly available for genealogical research.

Kihei Obituary and Local Death Record Resources

Funeral homes serving Kihei operate primarily out of Wailuku and Kahului. When trying to verify a death date or confirm a record exists before ordering from the state, local obituary sources are a practical first step. Maui Now maintains an online obituary database that covers Kihei and all of Maui County. Entries typically include the full name, age, date of death, birthplace, biographical details, family members, and funeral information.

Maui Memorial Park and Cemetery in Wailuku maintains obituary records that include death dates and burial information for Kihei-area residents, useful for researchers gathering information before requesting official death certificates.

The Maui News is the primary newspaper for south Maui and covers Kihei obituaries alongside the rest of Maui County. The Kihei Public Library provides computer access for the online vital records ordering system and access to genealogical research databases. The Maui County official website provides broader county service information for Kihei residents, though vital records go through the state system.

Second Circuit Court and Probate for Kihei

Kihei residents who need probate records or are handling an estate use the Second Circuit Court at 2145 Main Street in Wailuku. The court handles estate administration, guardianships, and will contests for all Maui County. The Hawaii State Archives holds Deaths - Probates Index - Second Circuit covering historical Maui County probate records. The Ulukau Hawaiian Electronic Library makes this index searchable online as part of its broader Maui County genealogy collection.

Historical Death Records for Kihei

The Hawaii State Archives Digital Archives holds digitized Maui vital statistics records covering births, marriages, and deaths from 1842 to 1929. These records use a reference system with "M" for Maui, a volume number, and a page number. The Hawaii State Archives in Honolulu holds Maui Island marriage records from 1842 to 1929 and probate indexes for the Second Circuit.

FamilySearch's Maui County guide lists online databases relevant to Kihei researchers including Hawaii Death Records and Death Registers 1841-1925 and Hawaii Deaths and Burials 1862-1919. The Maui Historical Society compiled newspaper indexes for The Maui News covering 1900 to 1950 and 1951 to 1973, both available in print at the Hawaii Pacific reference desk in Honolulu. These indexes are the main tool for tracing south Maui family histories through the first half of the 20th century.

Nearby Cities

Kahului and Wailuku are the other Maui County cities with dedicated death index pages.

Kihei County

Kihei is in Maui County. Death index records for the county are handled through the Hawaii State Department of Health and the Second Circuit Court in Wailuku.