Honolulu County Booking Releases
Honolulu County booking releases cover every adult arrest on the island of Oahu. The Honolulu Police Department posts a daily arrest log online. Each log lists name, age, race, sex, offense, report number, bail set, bail posted, and a short release code. You can pull a log for the past 14 days. Older Honolulu County booking releases need a written request to the Records and Identification Division. This page shows where to find the logs, how to search the court docket, and how to track the custody status of anyone booked into the Oahu Community Correctional Center.
Honolulu County Overview
Honolulu Police Department Records
The Honolulu Police Department, or HPD, is the custodian of local Honolulu County booking releases. HPD runs eight patrol districts across Oahu and a central Records and Identification Division at Alapai headquarters. The main office is at 801 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. The main phone line is (808) 529-3111. Records and Identification is at (808) 723-3258. The office is open Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and stays closed on weekends and state holidays.
The HPD homepage links to arrest logs, report requests, the online citizen report tool, and each of the eight district stations. See honolulupd.org for the full list of services tied to Honolulu County booking releases.
HPD covers Urban Honolulu, East Honolulu, Pearl City, Waipahu, Kailua, Kaneohe, Mililani, Kapolei, Waianae, and every other community on Oahu. Each district station handles its own patrol area but all records flow to Alapai.
The Records and Identification Division is the HPD unit that holds the arrest file itself. The page below shows what the division can and cannot release. Visit honolulupd.org/organization/divisions/records for the full list of record types.
The division holds arrest logs, warrants, and fingerprint files. It does not release medical reports, temporary restraining orders, court papers, clearance letters, or criminal abstracts. For a criminal abstract you go to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center. For court papers you go to the First Circuit Court clerk.
Daily Honolulu Booking Releases
HPD posts the adult arrest log four times a day in six-hour blocks. The log is a PDF file you can download from the HPD site. It is the main public source for Honolulu County booking releases. Each entry lists the arrestee name, age, date and time of the arrest, the officer, the offense, the report number, and the release note. The log does not show mug shots.
The HPD arrest logs page below is where the files go live each day. See honolulupd.org/information/arrest-logs and click the current date to pull the PDF.
HPD keeps 14 days of logs online. After that the file drops off the page. The Central Receiving Division at Alapai also posts the paper logs at its security post 24 hours a day. Anyone can walk up and read the paper log.
The written policy for public access to Honolulu County booking releases comes from HPD rule and from Office of Information Practices letter 91-4, dated March 25, 1991. The policy page below lays out what goes in the log and what stays out. See honolulupd.org/policy/policy-public-access-to-arrest-logs for the full text.
Juvenile arrest info never goes in the public log. HPD will not run a name search for you either. The staff makes the log available and you read it yourself. For logs more than 14 days old, send a written request to the Records and Identification Division with the date you want.
Note: HPD will not accept a phone call or a walk-in request for old arrest logs. You must mail or email a written request with the date of the log you want to see.
Police Reports for Honolulu Booking Releases
A Honolulu County booking release is often the first step. The full police report has more. HPD releases a report only after the case is closed. Redactions cover names, home addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, and phone numbers. All juvenile info is redacted in full.
The HPD police reports page below lays out the full request process and the fee schedule. See honolulupd.org/police-reports for the email and mail addresses.
Fees for Honolulu County report copies are 50 cents for the first page and 25 cents for each page after. A verification letter is $1.00 for the first page and 25 cents after. Color copies run 65 cents per page. HPD takes cash, check, or cashier's check made to the City and County of Honolulu. No credit or debit cards.
Body-worn camera, or BWC, video requests follow the same process. You need to list the report number or the date, time, and location of the incident. You need to show a color copy of a government-issued ID in your request. Next-of-kin requests need a birth or death certificate to prove the family tie.
First Circuit Court and Booking Releases
Every Honolulu County booking release that moves to a charge ends up at the First Circuit Court. The First Circuit has three main court houses. Circuit Court sits at Ka'ahumanu Hale, 777 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu. District Court is at Kauikeaouli Hale, 1111 Alakea Street, Honolulu. Family Court is at the Ronald T. Y. Moon Judiciary Complex, 4675 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei. The main court line is (808) 539-4300.
You can check a case tied to a Honolulu County booking release through eCourt Kokua at courts.state.hi.us. Basic case info is free. A plain copy of a case doc is $3 for the first 30 pages. A certified copy is $5. The full state judiciary home page at courts.state.hi.us links each circuit.
Public access terminals at each Oahu courthouse let you search case info at no charge. Staff at the Legal Documents Branch can pull a paper file for you. Bring an ID and the case number or the party name.
Honolulu Booking Releases Public Access Sites
The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, or HCJDC, runs a Public Access Site at 465 S. King Street, Room 102, Honolulu. Phone (808) 587-3279. This is where you walk in and pull a criminal history printout for $25. The printout shows adult conviction info only.
The HPD main station at Alapai, 801 South Beretania Street, is also a Public Access Site for Honolulu County. Phone (808) 529-3191. Same $25 fee. Same conviction-only data. The full list of Oahu Public Access Sites is on the HCJDC page below. See ag.hawaii.gov/hcjdc/public-access-sites for hours and locations.
Non-conviction files and juvenile files are not public. Only a criminal justice agency can pull those. If you need a juvenile record check in Honolulu, call the Family Court Juvenile Records Department at (808) 954-8190.
You can also search online at ecrim.ehawaii.gov. Each unique search is $5. A certified report is $12. Hawaii's name-based background check, or police clearance, comes from this same database under Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 846.
Oahu Community Correctional Center
The Oahu Community Correctional Center, or OCCC, at 2199 Kamehameha Highway, Honolulu, HI 96819, is the main jail for Honolulu County booking releases. OCCC holds pre-trial detainees and people serving short misdemeanor time. The main line is (808) 832-1777. The visitation hotline is (808) 832-1633. Fax is (808) 832-1412.
Longer sentences go to the Halawa Correctional Facility. Female inmates may move to the Women's Community Correctional Center in Kailua. The Federal Detention Center in Honolulu holds people on federal charges. Custody status on any state inmate shows up in the Hawaii SAVIN system at vinelink.vineapps.com.
You can sign up for a free alert when the status changes. The SAVIN line for direct help is (808) 587-2550. SAVIN does not cover federal inmates. For federal inmate lookup use the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator. The Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation page at dcr.hawaii.gov has facility contacts for every state jail.
Honolulu County Booking Releases Districts
HPD splits Honolulu County into eight patrol districts. Each one has its own phone line for temporary restraining order status and walk-in questions. Booking records still flow to Alapai, but the district station is the first point of contact for a neighborhood incident.
- District 1, Chinatown Substation: (808) 723-3311
- District 2, Wahiawa: (808) 723-8700
- District 3, Pearl City: (808) 723-8800
- District 4, Kaneohe: (808) 723-8640 and Kailua: (808) 723-8838
- District 5, Kalihi: (808) 723-8208
- District 6, Waikiki Substation: (808) 723-3345
- District 7, Kaimuki: (808) 723-3361
- District 8, Kapolei: (808) 723-8400 and Waianae: (808) 723-8600
For evidence retrieval, found property, or return of evidence call (808) 723-3270. The Records and Identification Division holds each district's files once the case moves past the local station.
UIPA Requests for Honolulu County Booking Releases
Honolulu County booking releases fall under the Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act, or UIPA, at Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92F. Any person can ask for a record. You must put the request in writing. You need a clear description of the record and your contact info. HPD and the Records Division must reply in 10 business days. See oip.hawaii.gov for the full rules.
If HPD denies the request, the denial must cite the section of law that closes the record. You can appeal to the Office of Information Practices or sue in state circuit court. The OIP Attorney of the Day at (808) 586-1400 gives free guidance. For records held by the Sheriff Division under the Department of Law Enforcement, send the request to law.hawaii.gov/resources/uipa-request.
Privacy: HPD redacts dates of birth, home addresses, social security numbers, and all juvenile info from Honolulu County booking releases before release.
Honolulu County Cities
Oahu cities all route their arrests through HPD. Pick a city below to see the district station, the jail, and the court that handles its booking releases.
Nearby Hawaii Counties
Honolulu County sits alone on the island of Oahu. The other Hawaii counties each sit on their own island or island group. If your arrest record is from a different island, go to the county that covers it.