Find Arrest Records in Hawaii County
Hawaii County arrest records cover the Big Island and come from the Hawaii Police Department, the Third Circuit Court, and the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center. HPD posts 48-hour booking logs online. The Third Circuit Court handles criminal case files in Hilo and Kailua-Kona. Two public access sites on the island, Hilo PD and Kona Police Station, pull printouts from the statewide conviction database. Use this page to find the right Hawaii County arrest records tool, the correct district station, and the fees for each request.
Hawaii County Overview
Hawaii Police Department
The Hawaii Police Department serves all of Hawaii County. The main headquarters is at 349 Kapiolani Street, Hilo, HI 96720. The main phone is (808) 935-3311 for non-emergencies. The department motto, "enforcing the law, protecting the peace, and preserving the spirit of aloha," reflects its community policing focus through events like Coffee With a Cop and HI-PAL.
Check the Hawaii Police Department site for the full list of services and current alerts.
Note the updated email system. The department replaced its old @hawaiicounty.gov domain with @hawaiipolice.gov. Emails sent to the former addresses no longer reach department personnel. For general info, use info@hawaiipolice.gov. The Police Chief's Office direct line is (808) 961-2244.
The HPD contact page lists Administrative Services, Criminal Investigations Division, Traffic Division, Patrol Division, and the Records and Identification Section. The Records Section at (808) 961-2233 is the place to call for all Hawaii County arrest records questions.
View the Hawaii Police Department contact page for each division's phone line.
Hawaii County Booking Logs
The Hawaii PD booking logs page posts arrest data for a rolling 48-hour window. It is the fastest way to look up Hawaii County arrest records online. The posted data may change as cases move through the system.
Go to the HPD booking logs page for the most recent 48 hours of bookings.
Each booking log entry typically lists the arrested date, released date, arrestee name, gender, age, race, address, arresting officer, total Offense Tracking Numbers (OTNs), and total charges. The same site also links to media releases, email and text alerts, a Hawaii County crime map, unsolved homicides, firearm services, fingerprinting, and the Crime Stoppers program.
For the full arrest report or an incident report, use the Get a Police Report page. HPD offers three report types: traffic collision reports, incident reports, and arrest reports. You can ask in person at any district station, by phone, or by mail to Records and Identification Section, Hawaiʻi Police Department, 349 Kapiʻolani Street, Hilo, HI 96720. You get a response or the report within 10 business days.
See the HPD get-a-report page for the mailing address, fee info, and redaction rules.
Hawaii County Report Fees
Hawaii PD charges $1 for the first page and $0.10 per extra page for each police report. Cash only. That fee applies to every report type: arrest, incident, and traffic collision.
HPD gives you a call when the report is ready. You can pick it up at any of the eight district stations. If you pick up for someone else, bring a letter of authorization from them. A redacted copy blacks out names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical, financial, and juvenile information. Your own info stays in the report if you are the requester.
Hawaii County Police Stations
Hawaii Police Department runs eight district stations spread across East and West Hawaii. Here are the station locations and phone lines for picking up arrest records or reports:
- Hilo Station (Records Section), 349 Kapiolani Street — (808) 961-2233
- Kona Station, 74-5221 Queen Kaahumanu Highway — (808) 326-4646 ext. 286
- Honokaʻa Station — (808) 775-7533
- Laupāhoehoe Station — (808) 962-2120
- Pāhoa Station — (808) 966-5835
- Kaʻū Station — (808) 939-2520
- Waimea Station — (808) 887-3080
The Kapaʻau Station at (808) 889-6540 is the eighth. Hours run 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at most stations, with Hilo Records open until 3:30 p.m. and Kona open 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Kona Station also acts as a HCJDC public access site for Hawaii County arrest records lookups.
Third Circuit Court Records
The Third Circuit Court covers all of Hawaii County with two courthouse locations. The Hilo location is at 777 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720, phone (808) 961-7400. The Kona location at the Keahuolu Courthouse is 74-5451 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. Most records are public and available for purchase. Confidential cases may need court approval.
Free case info is on eCourt Kokua. The circuit code is "3" for Hawaii County. Pad old case IDs with leading zeros. Document PDFs cost $3 flat for 1 to 30 pages. Each extra page is $0.10. Certified copies cost $2 more per document.
If you pull lots of files, the non-refundable subscription at $125 per quarter or $500 per year gives unlimited single downloads of public documents with a PDF icon.
Note: The Hawaii Judiciary updates eCourt Kokua every evening, with data current to within 48 hours of the filing or hearing.
Hawaii Community Correctional Center
The Hawaii Community Correctional Center (HCCC) is the main jail for Hawaii County. HCCC is at 60 Punahele Street, Hilo, HI 96720, phone (808) 933-0400. It holds pre-trial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, and felons serving short-term sentences. HCCC is run by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Kulani Correctional Facility, at P.O. Box 4459, Hilo, HI 96720, (808) 932-4430, is the other state prison on the Big Island. Programs at HCCC include educational classes, substance abuse treatment, vocational training, religious services, and mental health counseling. Visitation hours change by housing unit. Call the facility for the current schedule.
To send money to an inmate, use the JailATM online option, the lobby kiosks, or mail a money order to the facility address with the inmate's name and ID. DCR also keeps online inmate search through a partner vendor. You can find an inmate by name or ID number.
HCJDC Access for Hawaii County
For statewide criminal history, go to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center. HCJDC is the central spot for conviction records, expungements, and the sex offender registry. HRS 846-2.7 controls what HCJDC can share. Only convictions are public. Non-conviction arrest records remain confidential.
The quickest online tool is eCrim. A name search is $5 and a certified eCrim record is $12 by credit card. eCrim only includes Hawaii arrests, not federal or out-of-state. To expunge a non-conviction arrest from HCJDC, use the expungement application. The process takes 120 days. Fees are $35 first-time or $50 after, paid by cashier's check or money order to "State of Hawaii."
Under UIPA (HRS Chapter 92F), the HPD Records Section has 10 working days to reply to a written request for Hawaii County arrest records. If a request is denied, file a Request for Assistance with the Office of Information Practices at 250 South Hotel Street, Suite 107, Honolulu, HI 96813, (808) 586-1400.
Cities in Hawaii County
Hawaii County covers the Big Island. Hilo is the county seat and also home to the circuit court, HCCC, and the HPD Records Section.
Other Big Island communities like Kailua-Kona, Waimea, Pāhoa, Honokaʻa, and Kaʻū are served by the same Hawaii Police Department district system.