Hawaii Court Records

Hawaii has one statewide Judiciary. eCourt Kokua searches district, circuit and family court cases, traffic and criminal, by name or case number.

eCrim, run by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, searches adult criminal convictions. Copies and older files are requested from the court that holds the case.

The family court of each circuit has exclusive original jurisdiction over divorce under HRS 580-1, and its Legal Documents Branch keeps the file. Court records are accessible unless sealed, and Family Court Rule 7.2(a) names the few divorce documents sealed when filed: the Divorce-Action Information sheet, the Confidential Information Sheet, the Attachment for Information on Additional Children, the Notice or Order to Withhold Income, vital certificates, evaluations and custody reports, and guardian ad litem and Kokua Kanawai reports. The petition, the Income and Expense Statement, the Asset and Debt Statement, motions, the decree and any stipulated property division are open, with account numbers kept on the sealed Confidential Information Form under Court Records Rule 9.1.

eCourt Kokua lists family court civil cases and sells public documents online for filings made on or after April 25, 2022; earlier files are viewed or purchased at the family court, on Oahu with forms 1C-P-858 and 1C-P-827. Sealing anything else requires a motion to the family court, with the Clerk able to seal a document temporarily under Court Records Rule 3.3 while the court decides. The Hawaii asset search page explains what the two sworn statements show.