Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC
dba Sunset Terrace Apartments

Direct Court-Record Confirmation — Three Filings Across 6+ Years

Three separate Maui District Court cases — filed in 2019, 2023, and 2025 — record the Plaintiff's party name verbatim as:

MAUI BEACHFRONT RESIDENTIAL, LLC dba Sunset Terrace

• Case 2DRC-19-0000079 — October 2019 (earliest verified verbatim caption)
• Case 2DRC-23-0000529 — April 2023 (recorded as "MAUI BEACHFRONT RESIDENTIAL LLC etc")
• Case 2DRC-25-0002662 — November 19, 2025 (most recent)

This is direct, court-filed confirmation — not inference — that the corporate entity behind "Sunset Terrace Apartments" is Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC, doing business as Sunset Terrace. Three independent filings across more than six years means the dba pairing is not a one-off clerical artifact — it is the property's standard court-filing identity.

Verified Source: Hawaii State Judiciary public records portal, retrieved April 2026.

Corporate Structure

• Owner of record / legal landlord: Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC — a Foreign LLC organized in Delaware, registered to do business in Hawaii since November 19, 2013
• DBA (Doing Business As): Sunset Terrace · Sunset Terrace Apartments
• Property management company: AMC LLC (per the property's marketing site; commonly understood as Apartment Management Consultants — see AMC LLC page for property-management context)
• Property address: 3626 Lower Honoapiilani Rd, Lahaina, HI 96761

This is a common multi-entity rental property structure: a single-purpose LLC owns the property and is the legal landlord; a property management company handles day-to-day operations as the owner's agent. Legal liabilities (lease, deposits, evictions, court actions) typically run with the owner LLC, not the management company.

📋 Hawaii BREG Public Record (verified)

What this tells you:

• Not a local owner. The principal office is in Century City, Los Angeles — decisions about a Lahaina apartment property are made from California, not Maui.
• Delaware LLC. Although the property is in Hawaii, the LLC was organized in Delaware — a common choice for asset-holding entities seeking Delaware's well-developed LLC liability law.
• Owned by another LLC. The Member of record is Empire Properties, LLC (effective Oct 1, 2017) — meaning Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC is itself owned (at least in part) by another holding entity. This is a multi-layer corporate structure typical of real-estate holding portfolios. Empire Properties, LLC's own jurisdiction, members, and other property holdings would require independent verification through the appropriate state's business registry.
• Institutional registered agent. CT Corporation System is the largest commercial registered-agent service in the U.S., used by Fortune 500 companies, large LLCs, private-equity holding entities, and institutional real-estate owners. Mom-and-pop landlords typically use themselves or a local attorney as agent — not CT.
• 12+ years operating in Hawaii. The Nov 19, 2013 registration date means this entity has been the legal landlord at this property for at least 12 years — predating every court case in the dossier above.

Verified Source: Hawaii Business Express public records, retrieved May 2026. Verify: hbe.ehawaii.gov · Search "Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC".

⚠ The Asymmetry Worth Knowing Before You Sign

The property markets itself to prospective renters as Sunset Terrace. But it sues tenants under its corporate name Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC.

A prospective renter searching only the marketed name will not find the entity that will appear opposite them in court. This is the single most important fact a Lahaina renter should know before signing here.

📊 Court Cases at a Glance — 73 Cases Across 9 Years

Each bar shows the number of cases filed in that year (combining Plaintiff and Defendant cases involving Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC). The Circuit Court Civil tenant cases are marked with red diamonds (♦). Hover over a year for details.

Cases per year derived from the 73 verified Hawaii eCourt Kokua results. Year totals approximate due to ongoing record review. The 2025 spike correlates with the multi-plaintiff Minard Circuit Court case and sustained Plaintiff filings. The 2020 trough is consistent with statewide COVID-era court slowdowns. Diamond markers (♦) appear on 2017 (2 tenant Circuit Court Civil cases) and 2025 (1 multi-plaintiff Circuit Court matter).

Verified Hawaii eCourt Kokua Search — 73 Cases

Verified Data current as of April 23, 2026. Source: Hawaii State Judiciary public records portal (search returned "73 case(s) found" for party name "Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC" — of which 70 list MBR as Plaintiff, 2 list MBR as Defendant in Circuit Court Civil tenant actions, and 1 is an unrelated insurance matter).

The 20 most recent cases are sampled below (Hawaii eCourt Kokua page 1 of 4 results). The full record extends back further in time and can be retrieved by paging through the eCourt Kokua / Ho'ohiki search results.

Privacy note: Individual tenant defendant names have been redacted from the case captions below to protect the privacy of people named as defendants in litigation they did not initiate. Case numbers, types, and filing dates are preserved — the full case record (including party names) is publicly verifiable on Hawaii eCourt Kokua / Ho'ohiki by searching the case number directly.

Patterns Observed

• Documented same-day batch filings. Multiple instances of 2+ cases filed on the same day with consecutive or near-consecutive case numbers — strong evidence of coordinated batch litigation against tenants:
  • January 13, 2023: 4 cases filed in a single day — 2DRC-23-0000073, 0000074, 0000075, and 0000077. The largest documented batch in the visible record.
  • August 21, 2024: 2DRC-24-0001328 and 2DRC-24-0001329 — consecutive case numbers, same day.
  • April 25, 2025: 2DRC-25-0001048 and 2DRC-25-0001050 — same day, near-consecutive numbers.
• Concerning timing in one case. The same individual filed a Temporary Restraining Order petition against the property (case 2DSS-22-0000204, August 1, 2022) and was then sued by Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC just seven days later (case 2DRC-22-0001179, August 8, 2022). Hawaii HRS §521-63 prohibits landlord retaliation against tenants for asserting legal rights. Whether this specific timing reflects retaliation is a question for a court; the dates are matters of public record.
• 3 of 73 cases show MBR as Defendant. Across the full record:
  • Case 2DRC-22-0001599 (October 2022) — multi-party insurance/property-damage matter involving GEICO and the County of Maui (unrelated to tenant litigation).
  • Case 2CC171000510 (December 2017) — individual tenant Circuit Court Civil action against the property.
  • Case 2CC171000253 (June 2017) — earliest tenant Circuit Court Civil action against the property.
  The two Circuit Court tenant cases are particularly significant because Circuit Court jurisdiction implies claims over $40,000 — tenants do not typically pursue District Court / Small Claims remedies in Circuit Court unless the matter is substantial.
• The "Sunset Terrace" name search misses Circuit Court tenant cases. The 2 tenant-initiated Circuit Court Civil cases (2CC171000510 and 2CC171000253) appear ONLY in the "Maui Beachfront Residential" name search. They did NOT surface in the "Sunset Terrace" search that returned 11 cases. This compounds the asymmetry already documented: a prospective renter Googling the marketed property name will not find the legal entity that will appear opposite them in court — AND will not find the most significant historical tenant litigation against that entity either.
• Second verbatim DBA confirmation in the court record. Case 2DRC-19-0000079 (October 2019) lists the Plaintiff's party name as "MAUI BEACHFRONT RESIDENTIAL, LLC dba Sunset Terrace" — independent confirmation of the corporate-structure finding established in case 2DRC-25-0002662. The dba relationship has been on the public court record for at least 6+ years.
• Repeat-defendant surname pattern. At least two surnames appear as defendants in cases filed years apart — one pair separated by approximately 4 years (a 2019 case and a 2023 case), another by approximately 7 years (a 2018 case and a 2025 case). Possibilities include: (a) the same individual rented from the property twice and was sued each time, (b) related individuals (joint tenants, family members) were sued separately, or (c) common-surname coincidence. Case-by-case verification is available on Hawaii eCourt Kokua. If pattern (a) is confirmed in any instance, it would be notable evidence that the property continues renting to (and then suing) the same individuals.
• Case-prefix transition (2RC → 2DRC). Cases filed before approximately 2020 use the older Hawaii District Court prefix 2RC; cases from 2020 onward use 2DRC. Both indicate Maui District Court Regular Claims — the change reflects a Hawaii Judiciary case-numbering system update, not a substantive jurisdictional change. The pattern of high-volume tenant litigation is continuous across both prefixes back to at least 2018.
• Multi-defendant cases. Several name "et al." defendants — multiple cases include unnamed co-defendants — typically joint tenants or guarantors swept into a single action.
• Litigation intensity. 70 Plaintiff cases across a 9-year window (2017 → 2026) — with the most recent 2 years alone accounting for at least 20 of those filings — suggests an average of ~7–10 tenant cases per year, escalating to ~10–15 per year recently. Even adjusting for the size of the property, this is a high baseline of legal action against residents.
• Active long-running matter. The 2024-11-05 case (2DRC-24-0001784) remains active with a next event scheduled for October 2026 — a multi-year contested matter.
• All in Maui District Court. Every Plaintiff case is filed in the same forum (case prefix 2DRC), suggesting routinized procedure with the same legal counsel and the same court.

13 Cases Against the Property — Including 3 Circuit Court Civil Matters

Combining both name searches, the verified Defendant-side litigation against the apartment complex includes:

• 11 cases from the "Sunset Terrace" search (8 small-claims matters spanning 2010–2017, 2 Temporary Restraining Order proceedings, and 1 multi-plaintiff Circuit Court Civil case from 2025) — full case-by-case detail on the AMC LLC page.
• 2 additional Circuit Court Civil cases surfaced only by the "Maui Beachfront Residential" search — these did NOT appear in the "Sunset Terrace" search and represent significant tenant-initiated litigation that prospective renters searching only the marketed name would never have found.

Why this matters: Circuit Court jurisdiction is reserved for claims above $40,000 or seeking equitable relief. Tenants generally pursue claims of this magnitude only when small-claims and District Court remedies are insufficient — typically involving substantial damages, prolonged habitability disputes, or systemic harm. Three such cases over the documented 9-year span (2017, 2017, and 2025) is a significant signal independent of the volume of smaller claims.

Important Limitations

• Filing ≠ liability. A case being filed does not mean the defendant did anything wrong; some are dismissed, some are decided for the defendant. Disposition (judgment / dismissal / settlement) requires viewing each individual case record on Hawaii eCourt Kokua.
• Regular Claim ≠ necessarily eviction. "Regular Claim" can include money-damages cases (unpaid rent, alleged damage to unit) that are distinct from summary possession (eviction). The case-type label alone does not establish what relief is sought.
• Same-name caveats. Cases were retrieved by party-name search "Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC". This is a uniquely-named entity unlikely to be confused with other parties, but case content should be verified individually.
• Delaware formation date not yet retrieved. The Hawaii BREG record (see § 1) confirms MBR LLC was organized in Delaware, but the underlying Delaware Division of Corporations filing date (i.e., when the entity was first formed) is not on the Hawaii record. Hawaii registration as a foreign LLC dates from Nov 19, 2013, which is the floor on the entity's age. Delaware formation may be earlier and can be verified via Delaware Division of Corporations entity search.
• Empire Properties, LLC — own jurisdiction and ownership not yet retrieved. The Hawaii BREG record identifies Empire Properties, LLC as the Member of MBR LLC since Oct 1, 2017. Empire Properties, LLC's state of organization, registered agent, principal address, and its own members (if any sub-layers exist) are not on the Hawaii BREG record for MBR. Verifying Empire Properties, LLC requires searching Delaware Division of Corporations, California Secretary of State, or whichever state Empire Properties is organized in.

Verify Any Case Yourself

Every case number on this page is independently verifiable in the State of Hawaii Judiciary's free public records portal. No login required. No fee.

→ Hawaii eCourt Kokua / Ho'ohiki access
→ Hawaii State Judiciary main site
→ Hawaii BREG (business registration search)

For Prospective Tenants

If you are considering signing a lease at Sunset Terrace, be aware:

• The legal landlord on your lease will be Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC (or a related Hawaii LLC), not the property manager AMC LLC.
• If a dispute escalates, you will likely face Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC in Maui District Court — the same forum where they have filed 70+ Regular Claim cases against tenants.
• Document everything from move-in day. Every email. Every certified-mail receipt. Every photo. The court record asymmetry above (70 plaintiff vs. 13 defendant cases) suggests tenants who don't document carefully tend not to be the ones filing back.
• Read our Lahaina apartment reviews due-diligence guide and West Maui alternatives before signing.

For Current Tenants

If you've received a court summons or demand from "Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC" or "Sunset Terrace":

• Do not ignore it. Respond by the deadline on the summons — typically a short window.
• Hawaii Legal Aid is free for renters: 808-244-3731
• You have rights under HRS Chapter 521. See our Hawaii tenant survival guide, demand letter generator, and small claims walkthrough.
• If you believe the action is retaliatory (filed after you reported habitability issues, requested repairs, or filed a complaint), HRS §521-63 prohibits retaliatory action and provides remedies.
• Consider filing a Hawaii AG Consumer Protection complaint if you believe the underlying conduct violates Hawaii law.

For Journalists and Researchers

This page is the consolidated public-records account for the entity operating Sunset Terrace Apartments. Every claim is sourced and verifiable. The press kit contains story angles, prepared quotes, and contact information for follow-up.

Most newsworthy single fact: Maui Beachfront Residential, LLC has filed 70 Regular Claim cases against tenants in Maui District Court (out of 73 total court records naming the LLC), with documented same-day batch filings of consecutive case numbers — operational evidence of routinized legal action against residents.