Search Kahului Bench Warrants
Kahului bench warrants are court orders that let police arrest a named person after a missed court date or a broken release term. Kahului is the largest city on Maui and the island's main commercial and airport hub. A Kahului bench warrant is signed by a Second Circuit judge at Hoapili Hale in nearby Wailuku. You can search Kahului bench warrants through eCourt Kokua and confirm with the Maui Police Department records desk.
Kahului Bench Warrants Quick Facts
Kahului Bench Warrants Overview
Kahului sits at the north end of Maui's central valley. It is the island's port and airport town. The Kahului Airport, code OGG, brings most visitors to the island. That traffic, plus a dense retail strip along Dairy Road and Kaahumanu Avenue, means police see a wide mix of cases in the area. Many of those cases end up with a Kahului bench warrant when a person fails to show in court or drops off probation.
The court that signs a Kahului bench warrant is the Second Circuit Court. It sits at Hoapili Hale, 2145 Main Street, Wailuku, a short drive from Kahului. The Maui Police Department serves the warrant. MPD headquarters is at 55 Mahalani Street, Wailuku, again a short drive from the center of Kahului. The main MPD line is (808) 244-6400. You can read more on the Maui Police Department home page.
The image below comes from the Maui Police Department home page linked above.
Use this site to find a contact line or a station for Kahului bench warrants.
When a judge signs a bench warrant, the record flows into the Judiciary Information Management System. The eCourt Kokua portal is the public side of that system. The eBench Warrant system is the locked side. Maui PD uses the eBench system through a Hawaii Information Consortium web service that pulls warrant data from the Judiciary database.
How to Search Kahului Bench Warrants
Start online. Open eCourt Kokua. Search by name or by case number. Basic case info is free. Document downloads cost $3 for the first 30 pages, then 10 cents per page after that. eCourt Kokua shows traffic, district, circuit, and family criminal cases for the Second Circuit. Confidential cases and juvenile files are off the public side.
For a more direct check on a Kahului bench warrant, call the Maui PD Records Section at (808) 244-6355. You can also call the main line, (808) 244-6400. Records staff can confirm an active warrant with a name and date of birth. Hours run Monday through Friday, 7:45 AM to 4:30 PM. For a police report, see the Maui PD file a report page.
The image below comes from the Maui PD report page linked above.
The page has a short walk-through for each report type. It is a good place to start if your Kahului bench warrants search needs a backing report.
Items you will want handy for a search:
- Full name and any known aliases
- Date of birth if you have it
- A rough case date or location
- A case or citation number if it was a traffic stop
If you want a full criminal history check that may flag a warrant, the Maui PD office at 55 Mahalani Street is a public access site for the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center. The line is (808) 244-6345 or (808) 244-6355. The fee is $25 per printout. The main HCJDC page is at ag.hawaii.gov. Online use runs through the eCrim portal at $5 per search or $12 for a full report.
Kahului Bench Warrants and the Airport
Kahului Airport moves most of the air traffic for Maui. That brings an added wrinkle for anyone with a Kahului bench warrant. If a warrant shows up on a police check at the airport, officers can make an arrest at the terminal. The same is true at any state or federal ID check. A name hit in the National Crime Information Center file ties back to an active warrant fast.
For a Second Circuit bench warrant, the hit will show in the eBench system used by MPD. For an out of state warrant, the NCIC file is the main source. The Hawaii Police Department and MPD both list NCIC warrants as one of the types of warrants they work with. A neighbor island warrant, say from Oahu or the Big Island, is called an Outside Assist warrant in Hawaii police policy. Kahului officers still act on it.
The image below is from the eCourt Kokua landing page at courts.state.hi.us.
The portal is free to use and can flag a Kahului bench warrant tied to a Maui court case.
Note: eCourt Kokua shows case status but may not show the word "warrant" outright. A missed hearing note on a docket is often the first sign.
Laws Behind Kahului Bench Warrants
Hawaii bench warrants rest on Hawaii Revised Statutes Title 38 Chapter 803. HRS § 803-39 is the bench warrant rule. It lets a judge sign a warrant when a person skips a court date or breaks a court order. HRS § 803-1 is the baseline arrest rule. HRS § 803-33 sets the probable cause standard.
The court's own rules fill in more. Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 9 says a warrant must be signed by a judge, name or describe the defendant, list the offense, state the date and court of issue, and set a bail amount. Rule 9 also bars service between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on closed premises, unless a judge writes an exception.
The image below is from the Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure page.
Rule 9 is the single best rule to read if you want to know how a Kahului bench warrant must look on paper.
HCJDC Public Access for Kahului
The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center runs a public access site inside the Maui Police Department at 55 Mahalani Street in Wailuku. Phone lines are (808) 244-6345 and (808) 244-6355. Each printout costs $25. Kahului residents can use this site or the online eCrim portal. A single eCrim search is $5, a full report is $12, and the tool times out after 30 minutes.
The HCJDC public access sites page lists every island location. An HCJDC record does not list an open Kahului bench warrant on its own, but past case info can point to the Second Circuit case that holds the warrant.
Kahului and Maui County Bench Warrants
Kahului sits in Maui County. For a full picture of how the county handles warrants, see our Maui County bench warrants page. That page covers all of Maui, plus Lanai and Molokai, and points to the Second Circuit Court and MPD records desk.
Nearby Cities With Bench Warrants Info
The other Maui city pages share the same courthouse and police HQ. Oahu's main city is also listed for an off-island reference.