Urban Honolulu People Search
An Urban Honolulu people search pulls from city, state, and federal files that cover the state capital. The Honolulu Police Department Records and ID Division sits at Alapai Headquarters downtown, just off South Beretania Street. Most court files for the city come from the First Circuit Court at Ka`ahumanu Hale. Deed and parcel data runs through qPublic and the Bureau of Conveyances. This page walks through each tool used for a people search in the urban core of Honolulu.
Urban Honolulu Overview
HPD Records for Urban Honolulu People Search
The Records and ID Division is the first stop for most Urban Honolulu people search work on police files. The office is in Alapai Headquarters at 801 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Hours run Monday to Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The division is closed on weekends and state holidays. The main number is (808) 529-3811. The Lost and Found line is (808) 723-3270. Report copies cost $0.50 for the first page and $0.25 for each extra page. Color prints cost $0.65 per page. A verification letter is $1.00.
Below is the HPD Records and ID Division page. View honolulupd.org/organization/divisions/records for full details.
The division also runs Central Receiving, the Evidence Room (by appointment), and Lost and Found. A report can be asked for by mail, email, or in person. Email: recordsrequest@honolulupd.org. Under HRS § 92F-13, names of juveniles, home addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers are redacted from all released reports.
Arrest logs post daily at six-hour breaks. See honolulupd.org/information/arrest-logs for the public logs. Logs hold 14 days of adult bookings. Each row lists the name, age, charge, and time of booking. Older data takes a written request. Federal and military bookings are not on the HPD list.
Urban Honolulu CDP Arrests
Most arrests that happen inside the Urban Honolulu CDP are HPD-led. Booking takes place at the main cellblock at Alapai Headquarters. If a person is not bailed out, the next step is transfer to the Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC). OCCC has a 950-bed cap and is at 2199 Kamehameha Highway, phone (808) 832-1777. Inmate status is free to look up on the Hawaii SAVIN site.
Note: SAVIN inmate alerts are free and anonymous. Sign up to get a note when an OCCC inmate moves, is released, or is re-booked.
First Circuit Court Files
Urban Honolulu sits in the First Judicial Circuit. The First Circuit Court hears civil, criminal, family, probate, and traffic cases that come from the city. The main courthouse is Ka`ahumanu Hale at 777 Punchbowl Street. The phone is (808) 539-4767. Family Court for West Oahu sits at the Kapolei Judiciary Complex. For Urban Honolulu, most family files stay at the downtown site.
Case lookups run through eCourt Kokua at courts.state.hi.us. A basic name search is free. A document view costs $3, or $0.10 per page. A flat-rate quarterly pass is $125. Court copy fees run $1 to $10 per page in person. Rush copy orders add $10. Sealed files, sealed adoptions, and youth files do not show up in the public view. See the First Circuit at courts.state.hi.us for hours, forms, and fee tables.
Civil files include small claims up to $5,000, landlord and tenant filings, and district court suits up to $40,000. Larger civil cases move up to the Circuit Court docket. Criminal files hold charging papers, motions, plea data, and judgment papers. Older cases from before August 2012 are not on eCourt Kokua. A trip to the clerk window at Ka`ahumanu Hale is needed for those.
City Clerk Records
The Office of the City Clerk holds council minutes, resolutions, and ordinance text for the City and County of Honolulu. The clerk runs voter rolls, county elections, and lobbyist filings. The main office is at 530 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. The number is (808) 768-3810. Email: clerks@honolulu.gov.
A written request under UIPA is the main path to clerk files. HRS Chapter 92F sets the base rule. A request must name the record, give contact info, and state the format wanted. The office has 10 working days to send a first reply. See oip.hawaii.gov/entity/office-of-the-city-clerk for the request form. The Office of Information Practices at oip.hawaii.gov handles UIPA appeals from 250 South Hotel Street, Suite 107, phone (808) 586-1400.
Voter registration data for Urban Honolulu is kept here. Some voter fields, like birth date and street number, are closed under HRS § 11-14.5. The clerk also keeps campaign spending summaries that cover candidates on the city ballot.
Urban Honolulu People Search by Property
The Real Property Assessment Division (RPAD) is the go-to for parcel, owner, and tax data in the urban core. qPublic lets you search by street address, by TMK, or by Board of Review number. Leave off street suffixes like "St" or "Ave" to widen the search pool. A TMK can be typed with or without dashes. Do not type the island digit. Find qPublic at qpublic.schneidercorp.com.
The payment and appeal portal is at realpropertyhonolulu.com. A broader property lookup tool is at realpropertyhonolulu.com. Deed and mortgage files for the whole state go through the Bureau of Conveyances at boc.ehawaii.gov. The Bureau sits at 1151 Punchbowl Street, phone (808) 587-0147. HRS Chapter 502 sets the recording rules.
RPAD offices serve Urban Honolulu from three sites:
- City Hall: 530 South King Street, Room 115, (808) 768-3980
- Downtown Office: 842 Bethel Street, Basement, (808) 768-3799
- Tax Maps Branch: 842 Bethel Street, Basement
Urban Honolulu People Search for Vital Records
The state Department of Health Vital Records Section serves all of Oahu from 1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 103, Honolulu, HI 96813. Window hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The phone is (808) 586-4541. A certified birth, marriage, civil union, or death copy costs $10 for the first copy and $4 for each extra. See health.hawaii.gov/vitalrecords for the forms.
Under HRS § 338-18, only the named person, a close family member, or a legal agent may pull a certified copy. Proof of tie to the record is needed by mail. A marriage or civil union copy can often be printed the same day at the Punchbowl Street window.
Note: Hawaii vital records use Chapter 338, HRS. Death files open to the public 75 years after the event. Birth files open 100 years after.
Other Urban Honolulu People Search Tools
The Covered Offender Registry is open to the public at sexoffenders.ehawaii.gov under Chapter 846E, HRS. Search by name or by zip. Urban Honolulu has a cluster of zips in the 96813 to 96826 range. The registry shows the name, photo, last known street zone, and offense.
For arrests that fall under HRS Chapter 803, the HPD arrest log is the free public view. The HCJDC eCrim tool at ag.hawaii.gov/hcjdc is the stronger tool for a conviction check. A full Urban Honolulu people search often mixes HPD logs, eCourt Kokua case data, RPAD parcel hits, and DOH vital records.
Nearby Cities
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