Honolulu County Public Records

Honolulu County public records cover all of Oahu and include court case files, land and property records, police reports, and building permits. You can search most Honolulu County public records online through agency portals. The First Circuit Court handles court records for the island. The City and County of Honolulu runs its own real property, planning, and police records systems. This page shows where to go for each type of Honolulu County public records and lists the agencies that hold each record set on Oahu.

Honolulu County Property Records

The City and County of Honolulu Real Property Assessment Division keeps property records for all of Oahu. Honolulu property records cover assessed value records, owner records, building sketch records, sales records, and exemption records. Honolulu property data records get updated each Monday morning. Each parcel has a Tax Map Key, or TMK, that ties the parcel records to tax records, map records, and permit records. TMK format for Honolulu property records runs as Zone-Section-Plat-Parcel.

To look up a Honolulu County property record, use the public records portal at qpublic.net/hi/honolulu. Click the Property Search tab, accept the disclaimer, and search records by address or TMK. Leave out street suffixes like "Street" or "Road" to widen property records results. For TMK 9-4-044-078-0000, enter it as 940440780000 in the records system. Users can also click the TMK number to view assessment records, plat map PDF records, GIS parcel map records, sketch records, and historical tax records back to 2001.

Start a parcel records lookup on the Honolulu Real Property Assessment page for the main Oahu property records tool.

The Honolulu records portal lists assessed value records, exemption records, building sketch records, and links out to payment records and appeal records.

For a second Honolulu County property records search, use qPublic Schneider for Honolulu County, which lets you enter a TMK with or without dashes. You can also narrow property records by zone, section, or plat prefix. All Honolulu records results cap at 1,000 records per query.

The qPublic records tool adds a Board of Review calendar for scheduled appeal records hearings and can pull up the full parcel records file with one click.

Honolulu County Court Records

The First Circuit Court serves Oahu and sits at 777 Punchbowl Street in Honolulu. The Kapolei Judiciary Complex at 4675 Kapolei Parkway handles District Court and Family Court records for the Leeward side. Both sites offer public records access terminals from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on a first-come basis. The Hawaii State Judiciary manages all court records for Honolulu County through eCourt Kokua, the statewide online records portal.

Through eCourt Kokua, you can search Honolulu County court records by party name, vehicle VIN, license plate, case ID, or citation number. Circuit 1 case records take a 12-character ID. For case 12345, enter 1PC000012345 in the records system. Regular court records copies cost $3. Certified court records cost $5 or 10 cents per page, whichever is greater. A records subscription runs $125 per quarter or $500 per year and covers unlimited downloads of Honolulu public records.

Honolulu Police Records

The Honolulu Police Department, or HPD, keeps police report records, arrest log records, and body-worn camera records for all of Oahu. The HPD Records Unit runs Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., closed on state holidays. Police records requests can go in by email, mail, or walk-in. A color copy of the requester's government ID must be attached to police records requests. Staff redact personal data such as home address records, Social Security numbers, date of birth records, and phone numbers per HRS §92F-13.

Police report records copies cost 50 cents for the first page and 25 cents for each page after. Verification letter records cost $1 for the first page. Color records copies cost 65 cents per page. HPD runs eight police districts across Oahu and each holds local records. District 1 is Chinatown. District 2 covers Wahiawa and Central Oahu records. District 3 covers Pearl City records. District 4 runs Kaneohe and Kailua records. District 5 covers Kalihi records. District 6 serves Waikiki records. District 7 runs Kaimuki and East Honolulu records. District 8 covers Kapolei and Waianae records.

Submit a police report records request to the Honolulu Police Department police reports page, which lists the right records email for each record type.

HPD does not release medical records, temporary restraining orders, or criminal abstract records for individuals through the public records process.

Public records requests: hpdpubrec@honolulupd.org. Government records requests: hpdgovrec@honolulupd.org. Body-worn camera records: hpdbwc@honolulupd.org. Walk-in records address: Honolulu Police Department, Attn: Records Division, 801 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Call 808-723-3258 for Motor Vehicle Collision records status.

Planning and Permit Records

The Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting, or DPP, keeps building permit records, zoning records, subdivision records, and land use records for Oahu. Many Honolulu permit records can be searched online by address, TMK, or permit number. The department also runs the Honolulu Land Information System, or HLIS, with geographic records on parcels, zoning records, and land use records across the county.

To start a Honolulu County planning records search, visit the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting records portal.

The Honolulu DPP records site links to zoning map records, code book records, public notice records, and the online permit application records tool.

Honolulu County UIPA Requests

A UIPA records request lets anyone ask a Honolulu County agency for a public record. There is no charge to file a records request. Honolulu agencies can charge to search, review, and redact records, but only up to actual cost. Most small Honolulu records requests are free. Requesters should write a clear, short description of the records and the date range. The more specific the records ask, the faster the reply.

Common Honolulu County records you can get through UIPA include police report records, arrest log records, 911 call records, body-worn camera records, permit records, agency contract records, and council correspondence records. Some Honolulu records may be held back for privacy or active investigation reasons under HRS §92F-13.

File a Honolulu County request through the UIPA.org Honolulu portal, which drafts the letter and tracks each response.

The Honolulu portal logs past requests by status, so you can see what other residents have asked for and whether the agency replied.

For a records request to a state agency with offices in Honolulu, you can also use the Hawaii DCCA open records form. The DCCA office sits at 335 Merchant Street, Room 310, Honolulu, HI 96813. Phone 808-586-2850.

Other Honolulu County Records

Some Honolulu County records sit with state offices in Honolulu rather than the county. Vital records, land deeds, and tax rulings are state-run. Use the list below to jump to the right page for the record type you need.

• Hawaii Department of Health Vital Records for Honolulu birth, death, marriage, and civil union records
• Hawaii eCourt Kokua portal for Honolulu court case records
• Hawaii Department of Taxation for Honolulu state tax records
• Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources for state land use records
• Hawaii Office of Information Practices for UIPA rules and opinions

Cities in Honolulu County

Honolulu County covers the entire island of Oahu. All Oahu records route through the First Circuit Court, HPD, and the Honolulu real property system. Pick a community to see local police district and records contacts.

Nearby Hawaii Counties

These counties lie across the channels from Oahu. If the record you need sits on a different island, use the links below to jump to that county.