Urban Honolulu Public Records

Urban Honolulu public records cover the city center of Hawaii's capital. Most Urban Honolulu records sit with City and County of Honolulu offices, Hawaii State Judiciary courts on Oahu, and state agencies headquartered downtown. You can search Urban Honolulu public records online through eCourt Kokua, qPublic, and various agency portals. Walk-in visits to the Civic Center or the police records unit on Beretania Street also work. This page lists where to go for each type of Urban Honolulu public records and how to file a UIPA request.

County Office for Urban Honolulu Records

Urban Honolulu sits inside Honolulu County. That means the City and County of Honolulu handles most local records for the area. The county runs the real property records system, planning records, police records, and agency contract records for Urban Honolulu. Honolulu Hale at 530 South King Street holds the City Clerk records. The main civic complex keeps meeting records, ordinances, and resolution records for the council.

For the full list of Urban Honolulu county-level records resources, see the Honolulu County public records page. That page lists all the Oahu-wide agency contacts and tools.

The City Clerk's office maintains the official records for the Honolulu City Council. Agenda records, minutes records, testimony records, and legislation records are public. Bill tracking records let you follow any proposed law through the council.

Urban Honolulu Police Records

The Honolulu Police Department, or HPD, keeps police records for Urban Honolulu through several downtown districts. District 1 covers Chinatown records. District 5 covers Kalihi records. District 6 covers Waikiki records. District 7 covers Kaimuki records, which border Urban Honolulu on the east. Each district station holds local incident records and can take walk-in police records requests during business hours.

The HPD main Records Unit sits at 801 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Hours run Monday to Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., closed on state holidays. Copies cost 50 cents for the first page. Each page after runs 25 cents. Color records cost 65 cents per page. All public records release forms must include a color copy of the requester's government ID so staff can verify involvement with the record.

Start a police records request through the Honolulu Police Department reports portal for online report submission.

Staff at HPD Records redact home address records, Social Security numbers, and birth date records under HRS §92F-13 before release. Email public records requests to hpdpubrec@honolulupd.org.

Urban Honolulu Property Records

Urban Honolulu property records flow through the City and County of Honolulu Real Property Assessment Division. Every Urban Honolulu parcel has a Tax Map Key, or TMK, that links the parcel to tax records, permit records, and map records. Data gets updated each Monday morning. Records cover assessed value records, owner records, building sketch records, and exemption records going back to 2001.

To look up an Urban Honolulu property record, start at the main Honolulu real property portal or use qPublic. For TMK 1-2-005-012-0000, enter 120050120000 in the search field. Leave out suffixes like "Street" to broaden results. Click the TMK number on any result row to pull up the full parcel records file including plat map records and GIS parcel map records.

Begin a records search at the Honolulu County qPublic records system.

The qPublic records tool also shows Board of Review appeal hearing records and lets you narrow results by zone or plat prefix.

Urban Honolulu Court Records

The First Circuit Court at 777 Punchbowl Street in Urban Honolulu hears cases from across Oahu. Public records access terminals run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on a first-come basis at the Legal Documents Records Room. The Hawaii State Judiciary runs eCourt Kokua for online case records. Through the portal, you can look up civil records, criminal records, family records, probate records, traffic records, land court records, tax appeal records, and appellate records.

To look up an Urban Honolulu case, use the Hawaii State Judiciary eCourt Kokua portal. Circuit 1 cases take a 12-character ID. Case 12345 becomes 1PC000012345. Basic case records are free to view. Regular copies cost $3 each, and certified copies cost $5 each or 10 cents per page, whichever is greater.

Power users can buy a records subscription for $125 per quarter or $500 per year. The subscription unlocks unlimited single downloads from public court records.

State Agency Records in Urban Honolulu

Many Hawaii state agencies sit inside Urban Honolulu. You can walk in to most offices during business hours for records help. The main Hawaii Department of Health vital records office is at 1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 103. That office keeps birth records, death records, marriage records, and civil union records. As of February 1, 2026, the Department of Health no longer keeps divorce records.

The Office of Information Practices sets the rules for public records in Hawaii. Visit the Hawaii OIP UIPA page for training material and legal opinion records on open records.

Common Urban Honolulu state agency records you can request:

• Hawaii DOH Vital Records for birth and death records
• Hawaii DCCA open records portal for business and consumer records
• Hawaii Attorney General for legal opinion records
• Hawaii Department of Taxation for state tax records

The DCCA office for open records sits at 335 Merchant Street, Room 310, Honolulu, HI 96813. Phone 808-586-2850. Email dlir.uipa@hawaii.gov. That office oversees business registration records, professional licensing records, and consumer protection records.

Urban Honolulu UIPA Records Request

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

Write your records request with a clear, short description of what you need and the date range. A short, specific records request gets a faster reply. Agencies aim to respond to public records requests within ten business days under HRS §92F-11.

Draft and track a UIPA request on the Honolulu UIPA records portal. The portal logs each records request by status so you can follow the response.

Records Help in Urban Honolulu

Several groups help residents find and use Hawaii public records. The Hawaii State Judiciary runs a self-help desk at Honolulu Hale for court records questions. Legal Aid Society of Hawaii offers free records help for low-income residents at its main office in downtown Honolulu. The UIPA portal at uipa.org is free to use and drafts records request letters for you.

Urban Honolulu Records Quick Reference

Different Urban Honolulu 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 Urban Honolulu 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 Oahu Communities

These Oahu communities sit near Urban Honolulu. All share the same First Circuit Court, HPD, and Honolulu County records systems. Pick a city to see local records contacts.

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